Monday
Psalm 40.1 “I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry.”
I am not good at waiting patiently. It’s a learned discipline, an intentional training of the mind and the heart to trust, in a world where things don’t always happen on demand. God is not tied to our agenda or our timetable, thank God! The Psalm poet has learned that waiting is an act of trust that comes from knowing the One for whom we wait. That lovely phrase, ‘he turned to me’, has all the reassurance of the child who sees the face of her mother or father. “He bent down to me and listened to my cry.” (REB) Prayer is answered when we know we are heard and listened to.
