"Wait"----Places Of The Heart

AND GOD SAID "WAIT"

Desperately, helplessly, longingly, I cried
Quietly, patiently, lovingly God replied.
I pled and I wept for a clue to my fate,
and the Master so gently said "Child you must wait".

"Wait? You say Wait!" was my indignant reply
"Lord, I need answers, I need to know why!
Is Your hand shortened?
Or have you not heard?
By faith I have asked, and I'm claiming Your Word?
My future and all to which I relate
hangs in the balance and You tell me to Wait?
I'm needing a "yes", a go-ahead sign,
or even a "no" to which I can resign.
And Lord, I've been asking, and this is my cry"
I'm weary of asking!
I need a reply!

Then quietly, softly, I learned of my fate
As my Master replied once again, "You must wait."

So I slumped in my chair, defeated and taut
and grumbled to God, "So I'm waiting......for what?"

He seemed then to kneel,
and His eyes wept with mine,
And He tenderly said, "I could give you a sign.
I could shake the heavens and darken the sun,
I could raise the dead,
and cause mountains to run.
All you seek, I could give, and pleased you would be,
You would have what you wanted
but you wouldn't know Me.

You'd not know the depth of my love for each saint:
You'd not know the power that I give to the faint.
You'd not learn to see Me through clouds of despair,
You'd not learn to trust by knowing I'm there.
You'd not know the joy of resting in Me
When darkness and silence were all you could see.
You'd never experience the fullness of love
As the peace of My Spirit descends like a dove:
You'd know that I give and save...(for a start)
But you'd not know the depth of the beat of My heart.
The glow of My comfort late into the night,
The faith that I give when you walk without sight,
The depth that's beyond getting just what you asked
Of an Infinite God, who makes what you have last.
You'd never know, should your pain quickly flee,
What it means that "My grace is sufficient for thee."
Yes, your dreams for your loved ones
overnight would come true,
But Oh, the loss! If I lost what I am doing in you!!

So be silent My child, and in time you will see
That the greatest of gifts is to get to know Me.
And though often My answers seem terribly late,
My most precious answer of all is still, "wait."

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