More Thoughts on Waiting for God

Lamentations 3: 19-33 - The Message (MSG)
"19 -21 I'll never forget the trouble, the utter lostness, the taste of ashes, the poison I've swallowed. I remember it all—oh, how well I remember— the feeling of hitting the bottom. But there's one other thing I remember, and remembering, I keep a grip on hope:
22 -24 God's loyal love couldn't have run out, his merciful love couldn't have dried up. They're created new every morning. How great your faithfulness! I'm sticking with God (I say it over and over). He's all I've got left.
25 -27 God proves to be good to the man who passionately waits, to the woman who diligently seeks. It's a good thing to quietly hope, quietly hope for help from God. It's a good thing when you're young to stick it out through the hard times.
28 -30 When life is heavy and hard to take, go off by yourself. Enter the silence. Bow in prayer. Don't ask questions: Wait for hope to appear. Don't run from trouble. Take it full-face. The "worst" is never the worst.
31 -33 Why? Because the Master won't ever walk out and fail to return. If he works severely, he also works tenderly. His stockpiles of loyal love are immense. He takes no pleasure in making life hard, in throwing roadblocks in the way:..."

Note what is said in these verses about waiting for God:
1. God is faithful
2. “God proves to be good to the man who passionately waits, to the woman who diligently seeks.”
3. It is a good thing to hope quietly for God through the hard times
4. Pray and wait for hope to appear
5. Don’t run from trouble
6. God’s love for us renews itself every day
7. “…the Master won't ever walk out and fail to return.”

How long should I wait? How about until the Lord returns?
James 5:7-8 (NASB) “Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious produce of the soil, being patient about it, until it gets the early and late rains. You too be patient; strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near.

Being patient and waiting for God obviously requires that I begin to view my life from a perspective not my own. I must begin to view life and its issues from a God perspective and that is something I can't do on my own.