I Will Look to the Lord

Saturday, 29 November 2025Micah 7:7

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Scripture

Micah 7:7·ESV Translation

But as for me, I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me.

Devotional

The Posture Of Waiting

Waiting feels like doing nothing. We live in a world that celebrates action, progress, and immediate results. So when God asks us to wait, it can feel like punishment, like we're stuck in place while life moves on without us.

But biblical waiting isn't passive, it's one of the most active forms of faith we have. To watch in hope is to keep your eyes fixed on the horizon when everything around you says nothing is coming. To wait for God is to hold your ground when the pressure to give up or force your own solution is overwhelming.

The beautiful promise hidden in this verse is simple but profound: my God will hear me. Not "might hear me" or "could hear me if I say it right." Will hear me. Your prayers aren't lost in the void. Your tears aren't unnoticed. Your waiting isn't in vain.

Today, if you're in a season of waiting, remember this: hope is a choice you make every morning. It's choosing to believe that God is faithful even when you can't see the outcome yet. It's trusting that silence doesn't mean absence, and delay doesn't mean denial. You're not waiting alone. You're waiting with a God who hears, who cares, and who will answer.

Prayer

Lord, as for me, I will look to You, I will wait for You, my God of salvation, and I know with certainty that You will hear me.

This is my choice to make regardless of what others choose, my declaration when people around me are looking elsewhere, waiting on other things, trusting other sources.

Teach me what it means to look to You alone, to keep my eyes fixed on You when everything around me is chaos, when others are panicking, when circumstances scream for attention.

Looking to You and waiting for You require patience, trust, faith that You're working even when I don't see it, confidence that delay doesn't mean denial.

Help me wait actively, not passively, watching for You with expectation, trusting that the God of my salvation is working on my behalf even in the silence.

Remind me that You will hear me, that my prayers don't fall on deaf ears, that the God I'm looking to and waiting for is listening, attentive, aware of my every need.

Give me perseverance to keep looking to You when others suggest alternatives, to keep waiting when delay stretches long, to trust that You hear every prayer I speak.

Let me stand firm today declaring, as for me, I will look to the Lord, I will wait for my God, knowing with confidence that He hears me.

In Jesus' name,

Amen.

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