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Wait on the Lord
Epiphany 5 | OT 5
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Do you like to wait? I don't. In fact, most of us hate to wait. You can see it most anywhere... at stoplights, in traffic jams, in waiting lines at the grocery store... no one much likes waiting.
I saw a bumper sticker that said, "Good things come to those who wait." Well, that guy lost his bumper. Someone stole it. I'm not sure if they wanted the bumper or just to get rid of that bumper sticker.
We hate to wait so much that it has led to all kinds of inventions -- microwaves, fast food, instant coffee, instant grits, instant just about everything.
"Wait." How I hated that word when I was younger (I'm still not fond of it). You asked for something or wanted to see something happen so badly only to hear someone say, "Let's wait and see."
No one likes to wait for anything. Why should we? Waiting is a waste of time and sometimes waiting can get unbearable.
The Israelites had been in Babylonian captivity for many years. For a long time they had waited for God to deliver them and they had almost given up hope. The wait was just too long. It seemed hopeless. It seemed God had forgotten them....
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