This chapter of Lamentations offers some advice that has made a profound impact on me. Jeremiah tells his people who are destitute and alienated from God that there is hope for them. God had not abandoned his promises for them; he would come to them and save them in his faithfulness. What then must they do? What must anyone do who feels lost and alienated? The answer is simply, wait. Not passively, but actively. Show God how much you want him by seeking him. Give yourself time to let your desire for him burn in his presence. Desire is like a muscle that increases in strength as it is exercised. Once your desire for God is greater than all others then you can know God as he must be known. God will not be known and depreciated and therefore the extent to which you desire God is the extent to which you can know him as God. If you want to know God you can, but those who find him are only those who are willing to seek. Seeking God means waiting for him. Focus your heart on God and wait upon him in silence. Let no other thought or desire distract you. Discipline your heart and mind to seek God. Let every thought be taken captive by him. “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…Let him sit alone in silence, for the Lord has laid it on him.”
Spend time in stillness waiting on God.
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