WAITING QUIETLY by Robert Soto (Posted on an email from Words From the Creator)

WAITING QUIETLY
By Robert Soto
Posted on an email from Words From the Creator

December 10, 2009

Lamentations 3:25-36 "The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him; it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD."

It has been an interesting day. It was the coldest it's been since I arrived in Michigan about ten days ago. But this time the wind was blowing. So as I went to sleep, it seemed to be a cold and windy evening. But when I woke up, I noticed that the ground was no longer green with the grass but it has turned white. The area had received five to six inches of snow overnight. That has always intrigued me. When it rains, I hear it fall. When the wind blows I hear it blow. When hail falls you can hear it crash. When hurricanes or tornadoes come, you can hear the force of their terror. But when snows fall, it falls nice and quiet. No one hears it come and no one hears it fall but it surprises us when we wake up. In many ways that was the Apache's life a long time ago. We depended on our ability to hide and slowly creep up to those we were going after. Our arrows were short so that meant they were for short range. That meant we had to sneak up to our enemy or our prey before shooting an arrow. We either hit our target or became a target ourselves.

Waiting quietly is a good thing. Our people waited patiently and quietly. Our people waited for the right time before they took action. In many ways, that is the way we need to wait on God the Creator when we go before Him. In Lamentations it says, "The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him; it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD." When we wait quietly, we are able to hear and listen to God the Creator when He calls and answers you. When we wait quietly, we are able to hear His will for our lives and are able to discern when He speaks and answers our prayers. For those whose hope is in God, for those who seek His will for each situation in life, He wants us to wait quietly so that we are able to hear Him when He speaks. Sit quietly and hear the voice of the Lord. Do not get ahead of the game and lose the battle. Wait for the right time and the right place and the right method before you go out for the attack.

Robert Soto, Lipan Apache and pastor of:

McAllen Grace Brethren Church
The Native American New Life Center
Chief of Chiefs Christian Church