Wait Quietly

Elizabeth Elliot Devotional

Few of us enjoy having to wait for something we
want. It is human nature to desire instant
gratification, and it is divine nature to do many
things very, very slowly. Growth is always
imperceptible. But the farmer exercises long
patience in waiting for his crop. He has done his
work and is assured of the result, hence he waits
quietly. He is at rest because the outcome
(barring disastrous "acts of God") is certain. If
we could simply remember that this is true of
everything--that God's purposes are slowly being
worked out for his glory and our good--we would,
like the farmer, keep faith and wait quietly.

Lord, take from us all fretting and hurrying and
teach us to rest our hearts in the "ultimate
certainty" (Jas 5:7 JBP).