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When Your Heart Needs Perspective in the Waiting

by Jessica Van Roekel | Jun 18, 2019 | Christian Living, Prayers | 4 comments

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There’s hope for perspective in the waiting.

 

My perspective in the waiting gets clouded by my impatience. Waiting. I don’t love it. It can make me feel crabby and in the long waits for answers to prayer, it can make me feel hopeless. And hopelessness is a desperate place to be.

 

But what happens when the things of life drag us down to depths we never dreamed we would reach? What happens when hope seems as distant as the faintest star in the night sky? What happens when we lose our perspective in the waiting?

 

It’s easy to get stuck in a disbelieving cycle that God can and will come through for us. In fact, I daresay, it’s a tactic the enemy of our souls uses to isolate us even further. It’s in these moments of doubt that we must turn to the only one who can help us. In fact, we can bring our doubts to him and receive grace. 

 

This week’s Scripture passage

 

“We wait in hope for the Lord; he is our help and our shield. In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name. May your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord, even as we put our hope in you.” Psalm 33:20-22. 

 

Positioning myself to wait in hope means that I need to recognize that God is my help and that he is working in ways that I cannot see, but I need to trust him. He is your helper. You can trust in him.

 

Then I need to hide in him–he is my shield. He is your shield. When we hide in him, we go where he wants us to go, and we stay protected from the tactics of the enemy.

 

One key component to this kind of waiting–the kind that knows hope–is found in rejoicing. We can rejoice because of who God is. He is kind, merciful, full of grace, loving, good, just, faithful. Think about his goodness towards you, remember his faithfulness, rejoice that he rescues you.

 

This week’s prayer

 

“Lord Jesus, King of kings, and Lord of lords, we glorify your name. You are most worthy of praise and there is no one like you. Our hearts bear burdens that steal our hope and we need you. We need you to be our hope. As we wait in you let your unfailing love fall upon us. Wrap us in your love like a comforting blanket on a cold and windy day.

 

You are our help and shield. You are with us, you guide us, and you defend us. May we rest in you, trusting and believing that you are working behind the scenes in ways that we cannot see. If we cannot see your hand at work, help us to trust your heart. You are for us and you never leave us nor forsake us. 

 

We praise your name and receive your hope. 

 

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

 

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4 Comments

  1. Shannon Bentley
    Shannon Bentley on June 25, 2019 at 9:10 am

    Thank you for this message. It’s exactly what I needed. I’m in that scary, dark, unknown place.
    My husband of 23 1/2 years is divorcing me and we have 4 teenagers. The shock, the pain, the fear is almost too much but I know God is faithful and will carry us through this storm. Please pray for my family!
    Thank you again for your encouraging words.

    Shannon

    • Jessica Van Roekel
      Jessica Van Roekel on June 25, 2019 at 9:55 pm

      Oh, Shannon, my heart breaks for your family. I will be praying that God would be your strength and refuge.

  2. Maureen
    Maureen on June 26, 2019 at 3:34 am

    Thank you for your insight and hope in HIM I have lost my way
    Please pray I may receive what’s needed to transform darkness to light for others
    I do not understand but hope to one day
    Thank you for being there

    • Jessica Van Roekel
      Jessica Van Roekel on June 26, 2019 at 9:47 pm

      I’m praying that God would show up in your darkness and shine his brightest light into your life so that you may radiate his peace and joy. Lean not on your understanding but on his. Proverbs 3:5-6

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