Faith’s Checkbook

Posted on November 29, 2022 by brucesbiblepage

November 29
Know How to Wait
He that believeth shall not make haste. (Isaiah 28:16)
He shall make haste to keep the Lord’s commandments, but he shall not make haste in any impatient
or improper sense.
He shall not haste to run away, for he shall not be overcome with the fear which causes panic. When
others are flying hither and thither as if their wits had failed them, the believer shall be quiet, calm,
and deliberate, and so shall be able to act wisely in the hour of trial.
He shall not haste in his expectations, craving his good things at once and on the spot, but he will
wait God’s time. Some are in a desperate hurry to have the bird in their hand, for they regard the Lord’s
promise as a bird in the bush, not likely to be theirs. Believers know how to wait.
He shall not haste by plunging into wrong or questionable action. Unbelief must be doing something,
and thus it works its own undoing, but faith makes no more haste than good speed, and thus it is not
forced to go back sorrowfully by the way which it followed heedlessly.
How is it with me? Am I believing, and am I, therefore, keeping to the believer’s pace, which is walking
with God? Peace, fluttering spirit! Oh, rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him! Heart, see that thou
do this at once!