WAIT WITH ME!

Today I'll be sitting in a Surgical Waiting Room as my husband undergoes surgery.  There's nothing that I can do except PRAY and STAY nearby....and WAIT!

Jesus asked His closest friends (His disciples) to WAIT in The Garden with Him and to PRAY for Him.  They didn't pray and they didn't stay!  They fell asleep--then ran away!

It says in Ecclesiastes 4:10 - "...woe to him who is ALONE when he falls, for he has no one to help him up."  We all need people to WAIT with us...to PRAY for us...and to STAND by us when we fall into danger, temptation, or adversity. 

I will be close by my husband's side today.  But one of my friends will have to stay home (as she is on crutches--and it's icy out) because God's not released her to come.  Another friend is having tests done at the hospital, so she's unavailable; and another is home sick in bed; some have to work--but they all will be PRAYING for my husband.  Even Jesus couldn't go to His friend's side (Lazarus) when he was gravely ill and dying....God wouldn't release him 'til 4 days after he'd died.

What's the lesson here?  WAIT on the Lord and don't move or try to do what you want to do to help...don't go on your feelings....move as the Spirit directs you.  But DO pray and obey as the Holy Spirit directs you. 

I won't feel ALONE in that WAITING ROOM today, if no one comes, because I know God is with me and that my friends are STANDING BY in prayer.