Oswald
Chambers saw a strong connection between our desire for the immediate and lust:
“Lust simply means, ‘I must have this at once’; it may be a bodily appetite or
a spiritual possession. . . . I cannot wait for God’s time, God is too indifferent;
that is the way lust works.”
In
Psalm 27, David wrote of his waiting on God during a time of great trouble when
there was no solution in sight. Instead of giving in to despair, he maintained
his confidence that he would “see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the
living” (v.13).
We
live in a world that worships the immediate. When it seems there is no sign of
our deepest longings being fulfilled, the psalmist urges us to cling to the
eternal God. “Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen
your heart; wait, I say, on the Lord!” (v.14).
The
answer to our craving for the immediate is to focus on the eternal. (RBC)
