The Lord Will Perfect That Which Concerneth Me

by Mrs. Crystal Paine

This morning I was feeling very depressed. I am nine days past my due date with our first baby. Every day for weeks I have had signs that labor was imminent, and yet, here I sat, as pregnant as can be. Why is God not answering my prayers for deliverance? Doesn’t He know how miserable I am, how long I have waited, how much I just want to hold this baby in my arms?

As I was crying out to God, once again, for grace to make it through another day and for contentment to wait upon His timing, a verse came to my mind:

"The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me…" (Psalm 138:8).

As I sat and meditated upon it, the words were such a comfort to my weary heart. I opened my devotional book to read the day’s reading, and there was that verse again!
The word “perfect” in the Hebrew literally means, “Complete, finish, perform, bring to an end.” That is what God is doing. He is finishing this work of molding a precious child in my womb. In His time, He will bring this child forth. In His perfect time, not my perfect time. I have had a lot of great suggestions for God on when would be a good time for this baby to be born. But God does not need my suggestions or help. He knows best. He has chosen before the world began when the exact best time would be for this child to be born. Who am I to think I know better?

"The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me…" (Psalm 138:8).

Such a simple word, and yet its implications are so far-reaching. How many times in my life have I been unwilling to resign myself completely to God’s sovereign will? How often I think I know better. When God’s plan does not fit within my plan, I grow frustrated and impatient.

As I sit here typing this, our precious babe is squirming and wiggling in my womb. How thankful I am to be carrying this life, albeit longer than I had planned. Last year at this time, my husband and I were beseeching the Lord, as we had been doing for many months, to bless us with a child. God has granted us the desires of our hearts, yet, even in that, my joy has grown dim and my faith has become shallow.

When I look back on these past few weeks and see all that the Lord has taught me, I recognize this is His hand at work. It has been for His glory and my good. I needed extra time to learn lessons in patience, endurance, and waiting. I needed to be strengthened in my faith and trust. I needed to be stretched beyond what I felt I was capable of.

In God’s time, I will be holding and snuggling our little baby, but until then, I can wait with confidence for, “The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me…" (Psalm 138:8).

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