Waiting is never easy. It’s tough when you’re five and it’s just as difficult at 45, even when you know something’s “worth the wait.”
Today’s passage talks about waiting eagerly and patiently. Ah, what a virtue it is to wait eagerly and patiently. But what if we’re annoyed and irritable? That feels more like it.
Well, that’s where the Spirit comes in. “The Spirit helps us in our weakness… the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God” (v. 26-27). He really does know best, yet it can be hard to hand over control especially when we want something NOW!
When we try to steal control from the Spirit, we end up feeling like we’re broken in a million little pieces. The Spirit brings wholeness.
It’s like a spoon and egg race – when we run too quickly, the egg falls and breaks, but when we’re patient and let the spoon do the work (as slow as it may seem), the egg will arrive at its destination intact – and I’d really like to finish this (human) race in one piece.
But guess what? Even if we fall and break into a million pieces, God is right there to put us back together. He picks up the pieces, and like only He can, makes us whole again. Don’t you love worshiping a God who does that?!
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