{"id":15347,"date":"2017-05-08T22:56:05","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T05:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prayingpint.com\/?p=15347"},"modified":"2017-05-08T22:56:05","modified_gmt":"2017-05-09T05:56:05","slug":"instant-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/08\/instant-access\/","title":{"rendered":"Instant Access"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cIs it not from the mouth of the Most High that good and bad come?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c\u00a0Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBlessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBehold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMy help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Psalms 62:1<\/b>\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0 For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.\u00a0He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken.<\/p>\n

Psalms 25:5<\/b><\/a>\u00a0 <\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.<\/p>\n

Psalms 27:14<\/b><\/a>\u00a0 <\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD!<\/p>\n

Psalms 33:20<\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Our soul waits for the LORD; he is our help and our shield.<\/p>\n

Psalms 40:1<\/b><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b> I waited patiently for the LORD; he inclined to me and heard my cry.<\/p>\n

Psalms 123:2<\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God, till he has mercy upon us.<\/p>\n

Psalms 130:5<\/b><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope;\u00a0\u00a0my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.<\/p>\n

Isaiah 30:18<\/b><\/a>\u00a0 <\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Therefore the LORD waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the LORD is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.<\/p>\n

Isaiah 40:31<\/b><\/a>\u00a0 <\/b>\u00a0\u00a0but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.<\/p>\n

Lamentations 3:25<\/b><\/a>\u00a0 <\/b>\u00a0\u00a0The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.<\/p>\n

James 5:7<\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains.<\/p>\n

Waiting patiently is hard. \u00a0Trusting and waiting patiently is harder. Knowing, Trusting, and waiting patiently is faith. \u00a0Our faith is something that grows (or should grow) based on knowing God in our lives. \u00a0Our faith grows as we read His word and believe it. \u00a0Our faith grows as we seek God and He reveals Himself to us. \u00a0Our faith grows as we learn to hear His whispers of guidance into our lives. \u00a0Our faith grows from clinging to His promises. And our faith grows when we patiently wait for Him. \u00a0Our culture and technology lead us down a path where everything is available nearly immediately. \u00a0We have grown to expect instant response to our wants and needs. \u00a0Instant response to many things is not bad. \u00a0We can instantly find almost anything at our finger tips. \u00a0Many times this seems to help us function and does. \u00a0It helps us make decision, take proper care in these decisions and shows us how to accomplish a task unfamiliar to us. Instant access, instant information, and instant response seem to the way we are wired right now. \u00a0However, in light of the scriptures above, technology seems to draw and pull us away from seeking, hearing, knowing, and serving God. \u00a0Technology seems to have replaced God. \u00a0We seem to have lost sight of our need for Him in this world of instant self reliance. \u00a0We are instructed to seek Him with all our heart, mind and soul. We have instant access to His word but neglect it. \u00a0We are instructed to desire Him but choose to desire things of this world above Him. \u00a0We are instructed to serve, honor, follow, and obey Him but have shut our ears to listen for His guidance. \u00a0We are told to rely on, trust in, and cling to Him alone but have choose to rely on self. \u00a0Our lives will always be in shallow satisfaction apart from being in His purpose and plan. \u00a0What disaster or misfortune must come your way before you see need for God? \u00a0Choose now \u00a0whom you will serve. \u00a0Choose now to deny self. \u00a0Choose now to seek Him. \u00a0Choose now to confess self-reliance and turn away from it. \u00a0Choose now to spend time in His word each day. \u00a0Choose now to humbly serve Him. \u00a0Choose now to honor, follow and obey Him. \u00a0Choose now to want to know Him and His plan and purpose for your life. \u00a0 Choose now to never want to hear at your entry into eternity “Depart from Me, for I never knew you”. \u00a0Choose now to purpose each day for God alone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cIs it not from the mouth of the Most High that good and bad come?\u201d \u201c\u00a0Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!\u201d \u201cBlessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is … Continue reading “Instant Access”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[81,2824,3817,164,2748,3115,3816,3821,3302,3819,183,3822,236,2602,3824,3825,2929,2930,1098,1639,2636,3823,1356,3818,2793,468,3524,226,32,2677,1434,6,3799,3114,3820],"class_list":["post-15347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers","tag-blessed","tag-coming-of-the-lord","tag-daily","tag-evil","tag-fortress","tag-fret-not","tag-good-and-bad","tag-gracious-to-you","tag-heard-my-cry","tag-heaven-and-earth","tag-master","tag-mercy-to-you","tag-mouth","tag-not-be-afraid","tag-not-faint","tag-not-weary","tag-our-help","tag-our-shield","tag-patient","tag-prospers","tag-receives","tag-renew-their-strength","tag-rock","tag-salvaiton","tag-seeks-him","tag-servants","tag-silence","tag-soul","tag-strength","tag-take-courage","tag-teach-me","tag-trust","tag-wait-for-the-lord","tag-wait-patiently","tag-watchmen"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15347"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15351,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15347\/revisions\/15351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}