I love it when the Holy Spirit stops me in my reading, memorizing, or meditating on Scripture. He delights to imbed truth in a way that penetrates, stirs up, and awakens a neglected area. Since memorizing Romans 8:25, I realize that I have not incorporated eagerness in my times of waiting. 

He has taught me to wait in silence. I’m still learning to refuse doubts that want to creep in, or the insidious persistence of my flesh to hound my thoughts. Psalm 62:5 has been an anchor verse for me.

It says, “My soul, wait silently for God alone for my expectation is from Him.” Another verse is Psalm 131:2 which says, “Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me.”

Remember Jacob wrestling with God? Genesis 32:22-30. I have wrestled with my lack of eagerness. What unresolved issues have blocked me from living in this truth? We are all called to persevere in order to fulfill His will in each of our trials ~ Hebrews 10:36.