Weight of Waiting

“It is of great weight if you can wait without the weight of waiting.”
Loren Thornburg

Waiting can feel like such a burden, like a heavy weight that we are carrying around with us. There is the weight of waiting to get married, to have kids, for our kids to mature, to get a job, to make more money, to have more time, to be happy. We are all waiting for something and depending on how we wait determines the weight which we carry. Yet it doesn’t have to be a burden that weighs us down. It can instead be the strength of which we carry. There is a way of hope in waiting that takes the burden and turns it into contentment. There is a way of trust in waiting that takes the burden and turns it into security. There is a way of peace in waiting that takes the burden and turns it into freedom. There is a way of waiting that finds life in the waiting. Don’t bear the weight of waiting. Put down those weights so you can pick up security, contentment, freedom and life.

“What would have become of me had I not believed that I would see the Lord’s goodness in the land of the living! Wait and hope for and expect the Lord; be brave and of good courage and let your heart be stout and enduring. Yes, wait for and hope for and expect the Lord.”
Psalm 27: 13-14 Amplified

David knew the weight of waiting on the Lord. He knew that was the only way to find life in the midst of waiting. To wait on the Lord is to cling to Him, to adhere to Him, to stay close to Him, to be bound together with Him, and to trust Him. It is knowing, trusting, patience, security, satisfaction, and believing with contentment. It is being aware that our need for God is greater than our desire of what we are waiting on. We need to cast our weights on Him. That is the only way we can wait without the burden of waiting. David sees this as being of great weight knowing that had he not he would have become something so different from the man of worship that he is in this Psalm. Yet, he realizes that this takes courage and does not come easily. We must determine to wait on the Lord, to cling to the Lord, to cast all of our weighty burdens on the Lord. Let us wonder like David what would have happened if we didn’t do that rather than what might have been possible if we had.