This morning I got up early to head out on a trip with some good friends.  I recently did the TSA pre check process because I hate lines.  I do not like to wait at all.  I went through the TSA pre check line and was smiling as I watched my friend, Kevin go through the regular line.  I got up to the front only to be told that they had not put my TSA pre check status on my boarding pass.  That meant I now had to go all the way back through the regular line.  One advantage of arriving at the airport at 5:30 AM is that the lines are not too bad so it wasn’t a huge deal but it made me think about how sometimes we need to wait.  Sometimes we even need to wait on God.  It reminded me of this passage from Isaiah 40.

Do you not know?
    Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
    the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
    and his understanding no one can fathom.

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He gives strength to the weary
    and increases the power of the weak.

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Even youths grow tired and weary,
    and young men stumble and fall;

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but those who wait on the Lord
    will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
    they will run and not grow weary,
    they will walk and not be faint.

When we wait on God good things happen in our lives.  He gives us the strength that we need to accomplish the things that He has for us to get done.  He gives us strength when we feel like we have reached the end of our rope.  I know that I am going to make sure my TSA pre check status is entered before I fly back this weekend but I was also reminded that sometimes waiting isn’t a bad thing.  Especially when it comes to waiting on God.

In His Grip,

Pastor Dave