This word “wait” is an interesting term. It has two
meanings. On one hand, it can mean to wait until something happens. It happens
when something is supposed to occur – and you have to be patient as you wait
for it to happen. We wait on someone to show up at an event. We may wait for a
movie to start. I wait for my coffee to make each morning. 😊
The other way to use the word, “wait” is to serve. We like
to tip a good waiter when they serve us well at a restaurant. The
doorman waits on us as he serves us by taking our coats. The valet
serves us by parking our car.
So when we say we are waiting on God which one are we
talking about? These crazy thoughts started as I was reading in Isaiah 49 this
morning. I had actually started in Psalm 31 as I’m working on a new devotional
to come out soon. My meditations were on not being ashamed to trust God.
A series of short searches and I landed in Isaiah 49:23. The very last part of
that verse in the New American Standard Bible says this: they shall not
be ashamed who wait on Me.
That’s when I started thinking a lot about the two kinds of
waiting. We may find ourselves waiting on God to do something. But while we are
waiting on that – we can be waiting on Him. Serving Him.
When I first became a caregiver, I thought my days of
serving Him were over because I couldn’t serve like I had in the past. That of
course was basically inside the walls of religion. It took a while to learn
that I serve Him in many ways. Firstly, by taking care of my son. Then, I
started taking care of my aunt too. As I serve these two fragile individuals –
I am taking care of the least of these. And I am doing His service on
this earth.
Serving Him isn’t complicated. It’s not about being on a
platform or headlining an event. It’s about humbly doing whatever is set before
us each day. And doing it for Him. Colossians 3: 23-24 says this: And
whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that
from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance, for you serve
the Lord Christ. (NASB)
Today, I will take time to meditate on how I serve God by
serving those who I take care of. I’ll think of how that care comes from a
place of love and how God cares for us because He loves us too. My thoughts
will be on how my actions – each and every one of them – are an act of service
to God. Today I will serve Him by serving them – will you join me?
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