Waiting on the Lord

This morning at church we sang, "We will wait upon the Lord." (Everlasting God) Karen and I looked at each other and knew the true meaning of that! And we wondered how many in the congregation really understood what they were singing about. We know that God has supplied our needs faithfully, and we are trusting Him to continue to meet our needs--We know that it is a sin to worry about a job for the future when God has given us jobs that will last until May. So we keep reminding ourselves that we must wait--

It is interesting to see that churches are having to wait, too--we have seen pastor positions relisted after several months, which means that those churches haven't made the right connection yet with the one God has for them.

I contacted the Conservative Baptist Southwest region again recently--The director said that things are "slim pickings" right now--mainly bi-vocation postions in rural areas. And I am still in contact with Transformation Ministries about getting matched up with a church. Transformation Ministries is the former Pacific Southwest American Baptist--they withdrew from ABC due to the liberalism and formed their own organization of churches who also withdrew from the region. Anyway, they have an extensive process to match churches with ministers. I have a telephone interview with them next Saturday, which will take about 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Please pray that God would give me wisdom as I interview.

Meanwhile, we are making plans to spruce up our house as spring draws near--we are hoping that folks will be in the market to look at houses come warmer weather. We trust that God will bring a buyer to us at just the right time. "We will wait upon the Lord!"

"Everlasting God"

Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord
We will wait upon the Lord
We will wait upon the Lord

Our God, You reign forever
Our hope, our Strong Deliverer
You are the everlasting God
The everlasting God
You do not faint
You won't grow weary

Our God, You reign forever
Our hope, our Strong Deliverer
You are the everlasting God
The everlasting God
You do not faint
You won't grow weary

You're the defender of the weak
You comfort those in need
You lift us up on wings like eagles