I Will Wait by Mumford & Sons
In our fast-paced society, it can be difficult to be patient when we are asked to wait. Yet we wait for things everyday. We wait for our coffee to finish brewing in the morning, or we wait in line at the drive-through. We wait for results from a biopsy, or for the treatment to work. We wait for there to be a ring on our finger, or for a positive ultrasound after years of infertility. We wait for our loved one to come home. We wait for that phone call that could change everything… In some cases we are still waiting, but hopefully you’re not still waiting for your coffee.
When you can get a meal and “have it your way” in a matter of minutes, it can be easy to put similar expectations on God when we pray. Yet sometimes God answers our prayers in ways we would not have envisioned. And many times receiving the answer to our prayers is far from instant. However, do you really think that God is just twiddling his thumbs while we wait for Him to answer our prayers? Nope. Though we may perceive it as God being silent, He’s up to something big.
So keep praying and keep asking. God desires to work in us through our prayer life. Matthew 7:7-8 says, “Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find, Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.”
Mike and I are still waiting for a phone call, but we continue to pray. As this song says, “I’ll kneel down… Raise my hands… And bow my head… ‘Cause I will wait…”
Well, I came home Like a stone And I fell heavy into your arms These days of dust Which we've known Will blow away with this new sun But I'll kneel down, Wait for now And I'll kneel down, Know my ground And I will wait, I will wait for you And I will wait, I will wait for you So break my step And relent Well, you forgave and I won't forget Know what we've seen And him with less Now in some way shake the excess 'Cause I will wait, I will wait for you And I will wait, I will wait for you And I will wait, I will wait for you And I will wait, I will wait for you Now I'll be bold As well as strong And use my head alongside my heart So tame my flesh And fix my eyes A tethered mind freed from the lies And I'll kneel down, Wait for now I'll kneel down, Know my ground Raise my hands Paint my spirit gold And bow my head Keep my heart slow 'Cause I will wait, I will wait for you And I will wait, I will wait for you And I will wait, I will wait for you And I will wait, I will wait for you
