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While I'm Waiting

I’m not the best at waiting, especially when the outcome of the waiting involves the unknown. I think many of you would agree or could relate with me to an extent.

Several people I know are playing waiting games right now and are not particularly enjoying them. It’s in the times of waiting that God loves to speak to us and draw us close, but those are also the times when we are tempted to be frustrated and turn away from Him. We are tempted to rely on our own “strength” and find quicker ways to get to the end of the waiting game. That’s just like us as humans, isn’t it? We take something that God wants to be sweet and intimate, and we twist it into something that is self-gratifying and matches our agendas and timelines because we are impatient.

I really don’t have the answer for impatience, though I definitely empathize with those of you who are waiting. Thankfully, though, the Bible assures us that waiting and enduring through God’s timeline are well worth it.

“Yet those who wait for the LORD Will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary.” Isaiah 40:31

If those words felt like salt on your wounds, you may be battling bitterness during your waiting game. I’m sorry if you are sick and tired of waiting. SO many people in the Bible experienced what we are experiencing now, and God came through in amazing ways that they never could have imagined. However, I pray that we will worship and love Him for who He IS, not what he does (or has yet to do) in our lives. I pray that God will soften our hearts and help us enjoy Him as we wait together.

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