Waiting patiently
God, you're the one who saves me; so I am going to continue to wait patiently for you to finish putting things right -- no matter how long it takes! ~ Psalm 25:5 (ABP)
But if we look forward to something we don’t yet have, we must wait patiently and confidently. ~ Romans 8:25 (NLT)
KEY IDEA:
Hope is a matter of waiting patiently.
PRAYER:
Lord, you are my Savior so I know that you are the one in whom I need to trust. However, I still find it hard to be patient. There are so many decisions that need to be made -- so many wrongs that need to be made right. I feel internal pressure to push forward even when you haven't given me clear direction, yet. Help me to relax and wait. I know that you are going to come through -- and probably in some surprising way. I'm eager to see what your plan is. Amen.
*ABOUT THE
DAILY TEXTS
The Daily Texts have been published by the Moravian Church since 1731. In 2015 I started posting these Bible verses for my spiritual formation students at Pacific Islands University. In the process of responding to the verses, I found the rhythm of looking for a common thread and writing a prayer based on that key idea to be helpful for my own soul. The prayers are more or less modeled on the TRIP method, which is what I ask my students to do in their journaling. ~ Brad Boydston
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase -- a freestyle biblical adaptation -- somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
