Have you seen those words on a sign? I have one. It says Three little words, pray, trust, wait. Those words sound small and have four or five letters but there is a lot packed into those three “little” words. Let’s look at them individually.
Pray. It’s not difficult for me to pray. I do it all the time, in the morning, before bed, on my daily walk. If I wake up in the middle of the night, I just pray and usually fall back asleep. I sometimes have a running commentary with God throughout the day. It’s not hard to tell Him how I feel or what I need.
Trust. I can excel in this too. Over and over I have put my trust in God and it works out. Often not as I expect, but it works out. God is trustworthy, I just have to let go of whatever it is and give it to God to take care of.
Wait. Here is my problem area. I don’t like to wait. I can wait for small things like holidays, vacations, etc., but big things? Things I may worry about? I can trust that it’s going to work out but wonder if it’s coming soon. When? Now? Now is good. Unfortunately, my timeline is not God’s concern. He has His own plan.
Individually I can tackle them- together, it’s a more formidable bunch of words. It requires that I actually do it. Pray about it, trust it’s going to work out as it should, and then wait for that to happen. That sounds great until I am awake at 2am wondering when the waiting ends. Then the cycle/circle begins again. I can be a slow learner in some respects.
So if I only have today, I will pray, trust that God’s got this, and then do my best to cheerfully wait for the answer. What about you? Are you cheerfully waiting too?
