the God who waits...

Isaiah 64:4
Since ancient times no one has heard,
no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you,
who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.

A God who waits on His creation is a completely foreign idea in the minds of ancient men. God is the sovereign, omnipotent creator, holy and worthy of worship, service and sacrifice. One of such authority and sovereignty is above waiting on the needs of men.
And yet, we have a God who has humbled Himself, taken on flesh and become a servant even to the point of death (Phil. 2:5-11). This type of love is unimaginable for the most noble of men yet demonstrated by the One to whom this type of sacrifice is actually due.
How sad it is however to see how far our society and many "religious" people have gone in their view of God. Humanism has brought us to the idea that man is the pinnacle and center of the universe and that we are so great and good that any God who might exist should be pleased to please us. When life does not go our way, we believe that God should bend the universe to appease our greedy eyes and fill our hungry stomachs. Sin is no longer breaking the moral law of God and offending a righteous and just divine ruler but not quite living up to our potential. In which case, God must understand and overlook our miss-steps; after-all, we're only human. Punishment for sin then becomes unimaginable and God is rendered a benevolent, weak-willed, unjust and confused creator.
If we are to be awed by a Creator who waits on the need of His creations, we must be awed by the nature and character of that Creator first. He is just. He is Holy. He is powerful. He is wise. He is intentional. He is sovereign. He is true. He is merciful. He is vengeful. He is gracious. He is jealous. He is terrible. He is loving. He is so much more that what our feeble minds can comprehend.

God - bring me to know You. Open my eyes, unstop my ears, soften my heart, enlighten my mind. Remove all of my self-centered theology from me and help me to understand You. Amen.