Joyful Waiting

Cast all your cares on him because he cares for you.

1 Peter 5:7 (NET)

Jesus promises his presence always.  The answers to specific needs in our lives are not such a sure thing.  He doesn’t promise us answers the way we may expect or according to our will or way of seeing.  He promises to be with us, but for the answers we must wait and trust that his way is the best and it will come in time.  Casting our cares on him and leaving them there, we can walk on in peace not fretting about how it will all turn out.  He promises to be with us, to never leave or forsake us in the midst of all of our life experiences.  That is the essence of our joy.

I rest in you ,Lord, joyfully waiting upon you and trusting that the answer will come in your time and your way.

 Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.

Psalms 27:14 (NIV)

Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my hope is in him.

Psalms 62:5 (NLT)