Thurs's. Devo - In the Waiting Room

Read Pr. 27:18
The fig tree is symbolic in the Bible for Israel. If we protect it with our loyalty and prayers then we will eat the fruit of all the promises God gave to Israel. After all, we are spiritual Israel and our roots spring from Abraham. In the same way if we wait for God to fulfill his promises then we will be loaded down with the fulfillment of the promise. Waiting on God is a fundamental requirement of Christians. God is never, never, never in a hurry but never late. We just don't understand the process. God plants us as a seed on this earth and it takes much watering of His Word, and much walking out of the Word before we can carry the weight of the promises. The scripture says that he that waits on his master will be honored. In the Hebrew it reads, "He that guards and protects and attends to his sovereign controller or master will be heavy with riches. Ps. 37:9 says that those that wait upon the Lord shall inherit the earth. Is. 30:18 says that those who wait will receive mercy and blessings from God. Is. 40:31 says that those the wait on God will renew their strength and mount up with wings as eagles. They will run, and not be weary, and walk and not faint. Good things come to them that wait. Israel has had to wait for God's promises to come but God has always come through just as he promised and he will for you too.
Lord, teach us how to wait and what to do while we are in the waiting room. Show us the principle of watering the words you have given us with the word and the word of our testimony. May our words and yours align together.