Be Still And Know

READ: Psalm 27:14 NLT 'Wait for the Lord. Be strong. Let your heart be strong. Yes, wait for the Lord.' Our society has been especially designed to exclude waiting. The advertising industry seeks to persuade us that everything can be obtained instantly: instant credit, instant satisfaction, instant rewards. One of the first credit cards had as its slogan, “Taking the waiting out of wanting” and that’s not a bad summary of how our society works. The psalmist had an altogether different approach. For him, waiting was something good and he encourages his fellow worshippers to wait for the Lord. The truth, of course, is that the most valuable things in life require waiting – and often a great deal of it. There is no way in which you can instantly acquire maturity, a godly character or a strong and trusting relationship. They require years of patient, thoughtful, prayerful development. At times it looks as if God takes a long time to get round to answering our prayers. He doesn’t conform to the requirements of our