Waiting no longer has to be a dreaded time it can now be a useful time. Thank You Father, Son, and Holy Spirit for teaching me this. Amen.

Waiting

My Savior, my healer, calmer of my soul.

My heart trust in You to make me whole.

Waiting for You, Waiting on You, is no longer hard for me.

Thank You for helping me see what this waiting time should be.

A time of reflection and recollection of all You are and have done for me.

A time of growing strong and gaining peace in thee.

A time to listen for instruction and encouragement.

Thank You Jesus I now see waiting as a time heaven sent.

Like long ago when the world waited for You to come.

Your time was perfect although rejected by some.

Today the whole world groans waiting Your return.

If only they could see this lesson on waiting I have learned. 

It wont make time more quickly flee.

But it would bring them peace as they draw nearer to thee.

The Waiting Game

No this is not about dating. This is about waiting on God. No it's not about serving; it's about waiting. I  am at a point in my walk with God where He has told me something we are about to do but, I have to wait. It has to do with my growing relationship with God. I am to keep a prayer journal and a spiritual journal. He also wants me to pray through out the day while I am going about my daily routines. I do a daily devotional study in the mornings but this is different. It is almost like He is saying come closer I want to talk to you. Not that God and I haven't been talking. I have a feeling this is going to be more focused and personal. Yet, as always with the Lord when He takes me through a time of growing and changing; I have no idea of what to really expect. He also seems to be telling me to wait. Usually He points something out to me and we excitedly jump right in and have at it. This time it is wait. It is hard for me to wait when I have an idea or vision of what I am going to be doing. I guess I am the kind of person that if they know what to do likes to get right at it and do it. But I am waiting. I wait because I love Him and want to obey Him. I wait because I trust Him and I know He knows and wants what's best for me. I wait because I know His timing is perfect. As I wait I wonder will He have me continue my daily devotional I am doing now? Will He have me do something different there too? It's ok to wonder while you wait. It's ok to get excited while you wait. Waiting is a good time for Him to adjust my attitude to suite what we are about to do. Proper or right attitude is important. Waiting is a good time to listen closely for more instruction. It is a good time for preparing for what lies ahead. Preparing through prayer, bible study, praise and fellowshipping. Waiting on the Lord in the past for me was such a time of frustration. I didn't like the feeling of chomping at the bit. I am a little better at waiting now only because I am starting to see what a useful time waiting can be. Like I said a time of preparation, a time of attitude adjusting, and a time of listening. It can also be a time of reflecting or meditating on God's word as it pertains to my situation. The more I stop chomping at the bit and relax and look to God with a loving listening heart; the more He reveals how best to use this time. Thank You Father God!

Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; wait I say on the Lord! Psalm 27:14, But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint. Isaiah 40:31, The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him. It is good that one should hope and wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord. Lamentations 3:25-26

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