WAIT, BUT DON'T PUT YOUR LIFE ON HOLD WHILE WAITING

 

WAIT, BUT DON'T PUT YOUR LIFE ON HOLD WHILE WAITING

Waiting is one of God’s favorite tools to get our attention. There is always work to be done while we’re waiting. Sometimes the work is hands-on and physical, and other times it’s a solitary journey of soul-searching.

So many people in the Bible waited but didn't sit back, fold their arms and watch things happen.

While Noah waited for the rain, he got busy with what he had: a lot of wood and some specific measurements. He trusted and obeyed God while waiting.

As Daniel waited, he remained faithful in prayer and firm in his convictions. He remained connected to God while waiting.

While Joseph waited in prison, he didn’t waste his energy on the question, “Why?” (Though I imagine he asked that word, he didn’t let it drain him with dead-ends and non-answers.) Instead, we sense he focused his sights on answering, “What should I do now?” He did his best with each small task given to him, and he stayed close to God. As his situation began to turn around, he was ready for every opportunity because he had not wasted his time.

Likewise, Job, David, Paul and even Jesus waited patiently and began the ministry God called each of them to do, caring for the people around them.

They got busy! They got themselves involved in the process. They worked and were rewarded handsomely. They showed up for God and He showed out for them.

There is something actually happening while nothing is happening. God uses waiting to change us. He wants us to learn how to follow him and put down our demanding selves — to calm that screaming child in us. One way he helps us do this is to say, “Wait.” That miserable, uncomfortable, sometimes painful state of silence is one of God’s most powerful tools to set us free. He wants us to take our faith to new levels so we can rise even higher and go beyond where we are.

How long have we waited?

We might just be close to the light end of the tunnel. Everything is not for everyone, but there is that which is for us.

While patiently working and trying, we need to let go of the insecurities that try to hold us back and take responsibility of some things in our lives. God has an assignment with our names on it. It is an assignment He wants us to accomplish for Him and ourselves. We need to Faith it and work for it.

Don't underestimate what God is doing in our season of waiting. Since there is life, there is hope. The breakthrough doesn't always have to be today. It doesn't always have to be on our own terms. It will come at God's timing and that's without doubt the best timing.

Don't forget, "....enjoyment is on the other side of endurance".

Don't give up!

A beautiful February to you all. ♥️