May Update - Waiting
Waiting is hard in any season. It is especially hard to wait when you are waiting for test results while suspecting a terrible disease, waiting for a new job while you have a terrible boss, waiting for a husband while you have terrible prospects, waiting to get pregnant while you have a terrible history of no children. Waiting while you suffer can seem like an eternal process.
We are teaching through 1 Samuel at Covenant Baptist Church. In Chapter 1 we meet Hannah, a barren woman, who is faithful to Yahweh. She does not waste her emotions or seek the attention of those who can’t help her. She goes straight to the only one who can help, her God. Hannah asks first for God to remember her, then she makes her request for a son. Remarkably, Hannah desires God’s remembrance more than satisfying her longings, fears, hurts or needs. In her waiting she cries out for God. In my waiting, that is often the last thing I do.
We are waiting on the LORD at Covenant Baptist Church, but we are not suffering. Actually we are in an exciting time of watching God work in our church plant. He keeps sending new visitors. He is creating a beautiful community of believers. He is teaching the children during the service. He is providing for church. But still we are praying and waiting.
We invite you to pray and wait with us! Here are some of the things we are asking the LORD to help with.
As we wait, we want to desire Him most. We reject anxiousness or self-dependance to seek his provision and timing. So we wait..
We are praying that the group collecting signatures to add an abortion amendment to the ballot in Arkansas would fail. We are praying that Arkansans would reject this evil political scheme and “decline to sign.” There is only six weeks left for them to collect signatures. So we wait…
We desire to plant another church when God allows. We are praying for a place to gather and for God to provide men who desire to pursue Eldership. So we wait…
We are waiting on the LORD, who is good and wise.
Our job is to be faithful… God’s job is to be powerful.
Wait for it….