Isaiah 30:18 And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
In reading this passage it was impressed upon my heart God's timing is crucial and His timing should always win out. It is in the resting that we can be saved from anguish of mind. Saved from unintended heartache. Strength is in the quietness and confidence.
So oftentimes we want our desire met "here and now" and God may be telling us to wait. Sometimes we feel He is even choosing not to listen to our petition. In our free-will we attain the desire only to later realize that it really wasn't for our best interest. At least, maybe, for that segment of time. It is in these moments that God sometimes will show us His greatest mercies...not giving us what we deserve. And even if we do "reap what we sow", He shows compassion for us even in the reaping. Though we be filled with the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, God allows us understanding in the lesson.
Who knows but what the anguish days of this life is really His mercies in disguise? What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know He is near? The Lord is a just God--full of judgment--and each day we arise, His compassion is new. Great is His faithfulness. He is a wise decision maker.
When we allow our self to confidently believe that God loves us and wants the best for us, and quietly listen, then we can hear the voice of God in our ear telling us, "This is the way, turn here. See, I am working it all out. Walk this way." (Is. 30:21)
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