How Should We Wait?

   It seems like each time I go to the Scriptures lately, the admonition is to wait. Just like in the verse this morning where the Psalmist says in Psalm 62:

   "For God alone my soul waits in silence;"

   Then there is the line in the verse of a familiar hymn which states:

   "Silently now I wait for Thee"

   But it seems to me that there can be at least two different kinds of waiting. When we are anticipating something, a lot depends on the thing we are looking toward. If it does not look too pleasant, there can be a multitude of worries as to how it will work out. If it is a pleasant experience that we look forward to, there can be a sense of impending joy.

   Two different outlooks, two different styles of waiting. The future events are nebulous. Something will come, but what, and how, and when, and why?

   Both the verse and the song talk about waiting silently and they also give a person to be the object of that time spent waiting. 

   It seems that we both wait for God and wait with Him, and that makes all the difference in our outlook in waiting. If He is in charge of the future events, all is in His hands. If He wants the best for us, then that is what we will get, no matter what it looks like when it finally gets here.

   As I sit here waiting, how will I do it? 

   His way, I pray.