Not to Contridict my wonderful Husband but...

There is this new worship song written by Brenton Brown, a great worship leader who doesn't eat gluten;).(I know this because he came to our church and I was asked to make a welcome basket for him...it was an adventure..)

Anywhoo, This song is called Everlasting God and these are the words;

"Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord
we will wait upon the Lord, we will wait upon the Lord
Strength will rise as we wait upon the lord
we will wait upon the Lord, we will wait upon the Lord

Our God you reign forever
Our hope, our strong deliverer

You are the everlasting God, the everlasting God
you do not faint, you won't grow weary
your the defender of the weak,
you comfort those in need
you lift us up on wings like eagles."

The beauty of this song, is that it is meant to be encouragement for us, not to give up, to endure, to have hope, to find hope in God. We hate waiting, I don't think there is one human who actually enjoys waiting for things. But like it says in this song "God reigns forever". We are called time after time to wait upon the Lord. We so many times forget that God's timing is not our own, many times things happen too soon or not soon enough for us, yet in the eyes of God, they happened at just the right time. I'm reminded of the line from Lord of the Rings when Gandalf says "a wizard is never late, nor early, he arrives precisely when he means to." While God is not a wizard, it does always remind of his good nature and refocuses my views on timing. While we may not have enough trust or patience at times with God, like this song reminds us, he reigns forever, he does not faint or grow weary and he will lift us up, in his perfect timing. So to me, this song is assurance of my God's faithfulness.

Here are some verses I found as well that help;

• Isaiah 8:17 - "I will wait for the Lord, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in him."

(How many times do we feel like God is hiding from us and we must just continue to put our trust in him)

• Psalms 25:21 - "May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope is in you."
• Psalms 27:14 - "Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord."
• Psalms 37:7, 9 - "Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes....For evil men will be cut off, but those who hope in the Lord will inherit the land."
• Psalms 62:5 - "Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him."

There are so many more if you look for them, verses that speak of God's promises of hope and inheritance and for us to wait. I know it gets frustrating thinking that we have to wait but it is so worth it.

"Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord, we will wait upon the Lord."