Prayerful Waiting

From: Adrian Rogers Ministries 

Psalm 29:4 "The voice of the Lord is mighty. The voice of the Lord is majestic."

Some people think it’s a waste of time to simply sit at God’s feet and listen. It is not a waste of time to wait on God any more than a woodsman is wasting time when he sharpens his axe.

In his booklet “Tyranny of the Urgent,” Charles Hummel wrote, "When we fail to wait prayerfully for God’s guidance and strength, we are saying, with our actions if not our lips, that we do not need Him….Prayerful waiting on God is indispensable to effective service."  

Like the time-out in a football game, waiting on God enables us to catch our breath and discern a new strategy. We call the timeout, but God is our strategist and play caller...if we're wise enough to allow it.