It's Worth Waiting For

It's hard to wait. In fact, I think that waiting is one of the hardest things that God asks us to do.

I'm finding it difficult to wait, especially since I don't know how long I'll have to keep waiting for this specific thing. What I need to realize though is that this time of waiting is perhaps one of the most valuable times of my life. It is full of some of the richest lessons and greatest opportunities that I will ever experience.

Times of waiting take me to deeper levels of trust, strengthen my faith, remind me to abide in Christ, and teach me to delight in the Lord.

This season of waiting provides an ideal opportunity to learn the secret of being content in any situation. (Philippians 4:11-13) If I can learn now how to patiently rest in the Lord, think how invaluable this "skill" will be throughout my entire life.

I'm also learning that there are several consequences that occur when I fail to patiently wait for GOD to bring about HIS plans:

-I miss God's LESSONS (James 1:3-5)

-I miss God's BEST (Jeremiah 29:11)

-I miss God's HELP (Galatians 4:29)

-I miss God's OPPORTUNITIES

I'm also learning that waiting doesn't mean just sitting around wondering when this "thing" is going to happen. Rather, it means serving the Lord faithfully RIGHT NOW WHEREVER HE HAS PUT ME.

Waiting doesn't mean that I should do nothing. It means that I should focus on HIM and HIS work-serving God with ALL my heart, resting in Him, and trusting that HE will take care of EVERYTHING ELSE.

Waiting is patiently anticipating that which hasn't yet come and joyfully and diligently working on the LOrd's business in the meantime.

In this specific season of waiting, I'm really struggling because this "thing" I'm waiting on is something that I've wanted for nearly two years now.

So as much as I hate to admit it, I'm getting very impatient. It seems like two years would be long enough, right? Wrong. It's easy to wait when I'm completely peaceful about it and patient and satisfied with waiting. But the REAL stuff (perseverance, endurance, patience, self-control) grows when the situations and circumstances are difficult and beyond my level of strength. When I can't see past it all, or the the reason even for my waiting, but trust FULLY on the unseen and lean in whole-heartedly, is when Jesus can do some real work inside of me.

And it's only when I dive in to the Lord's work and STOP trying to figure out how I AM going to piece this all together that I can see God's hand in it all.

If I force this, or bring myself to this "thing" on my own timing, it's not going to be nearly as beautiful as it could be if I wait for God to bring me to it on His own timing.

So I'm leaning in through this challenge and letting God do what He wants in me and through me during this season of waiting.

This is Creeper Cassie, waiting patiently to see the beautiful plan God has in this all.
SIGN OUT.