The word of God says waiting makes us stronger and makes us soar high,
…but they who wait for 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
In this short post we are going to understand the right way to wait in order to get all the benefits of waiting. Those who missed the previous article check out the below link,
Don’t pray out of impatience
A good question – are we praying out of patience or out of impatience? Some spill out messy words while convincing themselves that they are praying fervently. Many speak to God arrogantly without realizing that they are speaking to the Most High God. I’ve seen many questioning God, “Lord why are you so unjust? Why are the wicked flourishing? Lord can’t you see?”. This is just a sample. I know many have vented worse versions of words. Even I have asked these questions when I was a teenager. But we should know that even though these words are coming from a broken heart we need to be humble before the Lord. The below scripture will surely convict us,
“You have spoken arrogantly against me,” says the Lord.
“Yet you ask, ‘What have we said against you?’
“You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What do we gain by carrying out his requirements and going about like mourners before the Lord Almighty? But now we call the arrogant blessed. Certainly evildoers prosper, and even when they put God to the test, they get away with it.’ ” Malachi 3 : 13-15
Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few. Ecclesiastes 5:2
Let’s be careful when we pray. Let’s always humble ourselves before God.
Don’t be like a chicken you are an eagle
Many are waiting for God but they look down on themselves and think that God can not do much with them and they wait for an angel to fall from heaven to remind them that they are eagles. What we think about us while we wait matters. Because our identity does NOT come from what we wait for, but upon WHOM we are waiting on.
…they shall mount up with wings like eagles… Isaiah 40:31
Few others chicken-out and stop being good and doing good to others during their waiting period. They are scared of getting hurt so they stop being friendly and some are scared of losing worldly things so they stop being generous. They are scared of getting cheated and betrayed. The below verses will surely encourage,
Trust in the LORD and do good. Psalm 37:3
Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes. Psalm 37:7
Amen!
Don’t waste your strength and time
Waiting period is not wasting period. It’s not a time to fool around or drool around. Laziness is not what God intended for those who wait. When you are waiting, work on whatever your hand finds with all your heart and all your strength.
Consider a mobile phone it allows you to call when it has 100% charge or even when it has only 15% charge. The phone might be worn out but it is still working. It did not shut down. But with us we stop working when we have 15% strength in our soul.
If you can’t leap, run! If you can’t run, walk!
If you can’t walk, limp! If you can’t limp, crawl!
But just keep moving!
Dear pal,
Surely the wait will come to an end. If you focus on the right things, the waiting period will run fast before you could realize. Instead of looking at the calendar and regretting about yester-years focus on what God is doing now and what God is enabling you to do now.