The open blinds, the quiet room, and the steaming mug of coffee created a perfect ambience. Only my heart needed to be warmed. So I prayed, “Holy Spirit, please say what needs to be said; in this time of worship, in these holy moments of aloneness with Jesus, please allow me to hear what needs to be heard.”
The answer to this prayer walked me down a path of truth to consider the spiritual realities of waiting. Waiting occupies a huge chunk of life, but waiting challenges us at the core of our constitution. Never have I met a person who says that they are good at waiting. And furthermore, shortcuts in waiting do not exist. We just have to w.a.i.t.
Throughout life we find ourselves:
Waiting in line
Waiting in hospice
Waiting on the interstate
Waiting for the call-back
Waiting for the diagnosis
Waiting for the finances
Waiting for a spouse
Waiting for a prodigal
Waiting for a baby
Waiting for a resolution
Waiting for a breakthrough
Waiting for a job
Waiting for an answer
And waiting on GOD. We wait for Him to act, to intervene, to deliver, to show up.
But how we wait is our choice. We can wait in fear and in fretting, or we can wait in hope and in faith. Waiting is not wasted, when we wait in hope and in fatih.
Consider Psalm 33:20. “We wait in hope for the Lord; He is our help and our shield. In Him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in His holy name. May your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord, even as we put our hope in you.”
Prayer for waiting :
Lord, please, sanctify my waiting.
Please make my waiting a zone of worship.
Please infuse my waiting with hope.
Please remind me that faith does not have to figure it out.
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“And this is eternal life, that they may know You the only true God, and Jesus Christ
whom You have sent” (John 17:3).
What are you waiting on?
How are you doing in your waiting?
Where do you need to make room for hope and faith in your waiting?
Share your thoughts on this powerful quote from Alistair Begg, “While we are waiting, God is working.”
