Our time makes waiting intolerable. Everything must be instantaneous — the answer, the solution, the result. When God takes His time, the temptation is to take the lead — out of fear, weariness, unbelief. “He has forgotten; I must take care of it myself.”
Lamentations recalls a truth our culture has lost: it is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD. Waiting is not a dead time of faith — it is where it is forged. What you wait from God is often worth Him taking His time to give it to you. What comes quickly leaves quickly; what is built in patience holds.
“The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.”
Lamentations 3:25-26