Patrikin – Kinship through The Father

The fifth step to successfully handle difficulties takes a bit of research to understand.

The King James translates it this way:

“Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.” (Psalms 37:7)

“Rest” comes from the word that means “stop and keep silence” and “wait patiently” actually comes from one word in the Hebrew meaning “to twist and whirl’. It can also mean to “writhe in pain or fear” but to stay in one place when doing so.

Old king David looking back on life said the best thing to do in pain or distress is to quietly stay put expecting God to rescue. God’s rescue doesn’t come on our timetable but on God’s and there are some things only learned through enduring emotional/physical distress. We don’t like it, but there it is, He is God and we are not.

We must learn that if we choose to trust him for our eternity we must also choose to trust him for today and tomorrow.

It is responsible do what we can to fix our problems but when all has been done we just have to dangle there a while with the expectation God in his wisdom will intervene at the right time — and until he does so we will endure

Step #5: Dangle in the wind expecting God’s rescue at the right time.

— fritz