We are told that good things come to those who wait. It is in the waiting process that we develop the discipline and the routine to become effective agents for change. Whilst we are waiting and recovering, we are practising the routines, various drills, hand to hand combat and reconnaissance techniques that develop the discipline that makes good soldiers better.
Great soldiers are those who learn obedience and discipline. They learn to wait for the right openings before they start an assault. It is also important that when they attack it is done as a unit, if they act as individuals they will get picked off. We can only develop through rigorous repetition and attention to detail.
Throughout the healing process we will see the scars which remind us of past defeats and transgressions. Although these memories are hard to erase, the new experiences we get from being obedient to our spiritual leaders, working together as a team of soldiers to fight the common enemy supersedes the previous experiences and has the effect of erasing some of these scars.
Whilst waiting we are not sitting around playing cards or board games. The waiting time is a time of preparation, a time to practice new techniques and try out new formations. We do all the drills in the camp, not out there on the battlefield. Those who try to learn and fight at the same time will be destroyed. It is not impossible but very difficult to learn and then implement what was taught perfectly for the first time.
The ‘Joshua generation’ had to wait for over 40 years before they got Egypt out of them. Unless your mind is changed you will still try to use the old tactics you learned whilst in captivity.
Today as we learn to trust the Lord and accept his discipline, let us learn the art of waiting on him!
Read Psalm 37
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