Waiting on God

Blogged in General, Spiritual by Father Bishoy Friday July 14, 2006

Yesterday’s Quiet Time was so powerful (Acts 16:16-34)! St. Paul had the Roman Citizenship that could have saved him from beatings and jail and yet he never opened his mouth or mentioned it. He preferred to wait on God to save him not his power, position or people. He preferred to be beaten and imprisoned over saving himself by his own power. That’s why God did a great miracle and opened the doors of the jail for him; He even saved people through this experience. Had he claimed his rights as a Roman citizen he wouldn’t have experienced God’s power and miracle. We need to learn to sit still and wait on God even before we open our mouth, before defending ourselves, before solving problems OUR way. Waiting on God to do things His way at His own timing. We often loose great opportunities seeing God’s miracles because we don’t wait on Him. There is always human solutions and godly solution to every problem; Godly solution shall come by waiting on God NOT by forcing our agenda on Him.

2 Responses to “Waiting on God”

  1. John Basta Says:

    Abouna thanks for the reminder-it is so true often times we keep God from being glorified because we would rather take matters into our own hand and come up with a human band aid.

  2. Father Bishoy Says:

    That’s the thing! When you wait you wait with patience until He solves it or at least tell you what to do with it. Waiting is definitly tough but very rewarding!

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