Monthly Newsletter
February 2026
“Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him”
Psalm 37:7a
As I write this newsletter, there is ice on the roads and very little activity happening. Due to the winter storm we had to cancel two gatherings and several other meetings (as of the writing of this). There is a tendency in each of us to feel that if we aren’t doing these things then nothing gets done. Oh how wrong that is! While we are sitting still, God is always working.
In a very real sense, I feel that way about our church. We have a lot of behind the scenes activities going on, we have a lot of ministry happening, and we have a lot of exciting things to do. But we also have a lot of waiting. We are waiting to raise the money for our new building. We are waiting to see the direction of the Lord in other areas. And right now, we are waiting for roads to clear so we can get back to normal. But God is always working.
Let me address the waiting right now. There are things that God is going to do for us as individual Christians and us as a Body, but He is making us wait. Let me encourage you that this waiting is not to be a passive time of inactivity. It is rather to be a time of digging deep, cultivating ourselves and getting ourselves ready so that when God says, “The wait is over,” then we are the kind of people who are ready to move forward.
Go back through the first six verses of Psalm 37 and you will find several things that we are to be doing while we wait. Let me list them for us.
Verses 1-2 – Do not fret because of evildoers, do not be envious because of wrongdoers
The tendency while we wait is to look around. We can then see others and their blessing and also injustice and unfairness in our world. If we are not careful we will get anxious and envious. The cure to that is to remember that they answer to God and we answer to God. He knows what He is doing.
Verse 3 – Trust in the Lord and do good, dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness
When you are not where you want to be you can easily get tired and frustrated. But this is the time to dig deep and do the hard work in your own life. As your Pastor, I believe we have some hard work to do among ourselves. Because we want God’s blessing, but we need to make sure we are the kind of people that can handle God’s blessing.
Verse 4 – Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart
This one is the hardest. We often associate Joy and delight with the goal, or the end result. But if we cannot delight ourselves in God while we wait, then what joy we find in the outcome will be short-lived at best.
Verses 5-6 – Commit your way to the Lord
This is a time to ultimately trust in the Lord’s timing and give even the waiting over to Him. Because only He can do anything with it.
Wallburg Baptist Church, let’s commit to being the kind of people that God can bless with the big things because we are faithful in the small things. What we are becoming right now is going to follow us into the future. Let’s make sure we are the people God wants us to be.
Love to you all,
Pastor Brandon
Psalm 37:7a
As I write this newsletter, there is ice on the roads and very little activity happening. Due to the winter storm we had to cancel two gatherings and several other meetings (as of the writing of this). There is a tendency in each of us to feel that if we aren’t doing these things then nothing gets done. Oh how wrong that is! While we are sitting still, God is always working.
In a very real sense, I feel that way about our church. We have a lot of behind the scenes activities going on, we have a lot of ministry happening, and we have a lot of exciting things to do. But we also have a lot of waiting. We are waiting to raise the money for our new building. We are waiting to see the direction of the Lord in other areas. And right now, we are waiting for roads to clear so we can get back to normal. But God is always working.
Let me address the waiting right now. There are things that God is going to do for us as individual Christians and us as a Body, but He is making us wait. Let me encourage you that this waiting is not to be a passive time of inactivity. It is rather to be a time of digging deep, cultivating ourselves and getting ourselves ready so that when God says, “The wait is over,” then we are the kind of people who are ready to move forward.
Go back through the first six verses of Psalm 37 and you will find several things that we are to be doing while we wait. Let me list them for us.
Verses 1-2 – Do not fret because of evildoers, do not be envious because of wrongdoers
The tendency while we wait is to look around. We can then see others and their blessing and also injustice and unfairness in our world. If we are not careful we will get anxious and envious. The cure to that is to remember that they answer to God and we answer to God. He knows what He is doing.
Verse 3 – Trust in the Lord and do good, dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness
When you are not where you want to be you can easily get tired and frustrated. But this is the time to dig deep and do the hard work in your own life. As your Pastor, I believe we have some hard work to do among ourselves. Because we want God’s blessing, but we need to make sure we are the kind of people that can handle God’s blessing.
Verse 4 – Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart
This one is the hardest. We often associate Joy and delight with the goal, or the end result. But if we cannot delight ourselves in God while we wait, then what joy we find in the outcome will be short-lived at best.
Verses 5-6 – Commit your way to the Lord
This is a time to ultimately trust in the Lord’s timing and give even the waiting over to Him. Because only He can do anything with it.
Wallburg Baptist Church, let’s commit to being the kind of people that God can bless with the big things because we are faithful in the small things. What we are becoming right now is going to follow us into the future. Let’s make sure we are the people God wants us to be.
Love to you all,
Pastor Brandon
