Editorial January 29, 1966 Issue

"Wait on the Lord"

William Milford Correll

Waiting on the Lord as we are so often admonished to do in the Bible refers to an attitude of thought and life rather than to a time sense. Truth does not become apparent to us through the mere passage of time, but from a sincere effort to live in accord with God's law and a patient willingness to learn from experience. The process of yielding to the transforming power of Truth and Love is one way of interpreting the phrase, "Wait on the Lord" (Ps. 27:14).

This transformation does require patience and humility, and it may take time to ripen thought for a forward step; but the essence of such progress is found in the yielding of the human to the divine. Jesus' tremendous accomplishment in a short span of time showed the possibility of the full demonstration of the divine nature. All of us can follow him in the measure of our ability to assimilate the truth and to demonstrate it.

Sometimes youth gets impatient with the maturing process and wants to accelerate it. Others may try to force progress through human will and to take the kingdom of heaven by storm. But growth in spiritual understanding is involved in all real progress, and it is important to be patient with oneself as the necessary changes take place. The same type of patience is needed in attending to growing children and to the unfolding of a flower. In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mrs. Eddy says: "Wait patiently for divine Love to move upon the waters of mortal mind, and form the perfect concept. Patience must 'have her perfect work'" (p. 454).

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