Wait to Hear

 

But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me. Micah 7:7

 

I often pray for God to reveal something:

• Truth about a situation
• Direction for something I want to do
• Truth about her situation, to someone I am mentoring.
• Himself, to someone who does not yet know God
• My sin, if I am blind to it.

Early in my walk with the Lord, He showed me how He communicates with His people. He will use whatever He will to let me know what I need to know, when (and if) I need to know it.

Sometimes I ask and He is silent. So, I search the scriptures to see what His Word says about whatever I “want” to understand. When He still remains silent, I know I have no “need” to know.

One of the gifts God reveals is the understanding of His sovereignty. Knowing God, and understanding His gracious and just character, means we should  be content that when He does not give an answer, we do not need an answer. At least not as soon as we think we do. Sometimes the lack of response means, “wait for the answer.”

When my sister was sick, and dying, from pancreatic cancer I was awed at how many things God revealed to her. He sent a messenger in the form of a man she barely knew to tell her that He loved her. She felt God had revealed His love and grace for her when He woke up a friend and prompted her to go to the hospital one horrible night when she did not want to be alone.

He revealed some things to her that she was not so happy to hear, but that gave her opportunity to prepare to leave this world. With each new “revealing,” she understood His love for her and His grace, even His sovereignty, though she wanted her life prolonged.

She knew He got the final say.

Sometimes, God is doing a new thing (Isaiah 43:19) and we do not perceive it. Sometimes He lets us see what is coming. He prepares his people.

God revealed to Pharaoh what He was about to do to Egypt (Genesis 41:25). The Lord revealed His plan to have Samuel anoint Saul as King (1 Samuel 9:15). Psalm 98 says that God has revealed His righteousness to the nations! Noah (Genesis 3:16), Lot (Genesis 19:8), Saul (Acts 9:5).

In Matthew, Jesus tells Simon Peter that the only way he knows that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, is because God has revealed this truth to him (Matthew 16:17).

Our God is a great communicator! He reveals Himself above all else.

He will tell us what we need to know. The hard part is believing that if He does not tell us, we do not “need” to know, or we must wait for His perfect timing to find out.