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Song: In His Time
Scripture: Psalm 6
Sometimes the Lord takes so long to answer. Sometimes I wonder, does He hear me? I am not the first to wonder. David did too.
At times His delay is due to the sin of which I’ve not repented. Why should He answer when my faith is too small to obey? I must first repent and pray “O Lord, do not rebuke me in Thine anger.”
He may delay so that I bear the consequences of my wrong and know the emptiness of life away from Him. Then my prayer is more persistent still: “Return, O Lord, rescue my soul.” His slowness may serve to test my faith. Abraham waited for a son. Joseph waited in prison. David waited to be king. When the Lord delays, I’m more grateful when His answer comes. And when the Lord waits, His answer is usually better than I expected. So, “O Lord—how long?” Long enough to make my faith what it needs to be.
And while I’m waiting, others are watching. They watched David. They wondered, “When will He give up?” The Lord waited not just to teach David, but to teach those watching David. “Depart from me,” wrote David, “all you who do iniquity, for the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping.” The Lord may be teaching others when He waits to answer my prayers. I still don’t like to wait. But it’s good for me.
Jason Moore
