What Are You Waiting For?
What are you waiting for? Do you know in your heart that the Lord has promised you something that you have yet to come see come to fruition? Are you growing weary as days, months, and years, pass without it ever arriving? It’s true, most of us begin to wiggle while we wait. The firmly grounded faith we had at the beginning starts to wane, and we wonder: “Did I hear you correctly, Lord?” “Should I still hold onto this promise in faith, or concede that it may never happen, leaving my confidence in hearing your voice, and my trust in You, bruised?” I have pondered these very questions deep in my heart. As I have sought encouragement for my own impatient soul, the stories of biblical heroes and heroines’ sometimes prolonged seasons of waiting, has strengthened my ability to continue holding onto hope.
David waited nearly 15 years between being anointed king and officially stepping into kingship
Abraham and Sarah waited 25 years before their long awaited, promised son, Isaac was born
Joseph waited for 22 years after receiving a dream from God before it manifested physically
The ancient world awaited a promised Messiah for approx. 4,000 years, before Jesus’ birth
We wait still for Jesus’ promised return, 2,000+ years after His miraculous resurrection
With these few examples in mind, we can feel in good company seeing that God does fulfill His promises. He is no liar. In fact, it’s against His nature to lie. Even though it can be difficult to acknowledge, if what we are waiting for hasn’t happened, then simply put, it just isn’t the right time yet. Habbakkuk 2:3 reiterates “This vision is for a future time. It describes the end, and it will be fulfilled. If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently, for it will surely take place. It will not be delayed.” It may become clear at a future time why it seemingly took so long, or we may never understand this side of heaven. We can trust that His timing is perfect and so are His intentions, but that doesn’t make waiting in our fast-paced, “give it to me now” culture, any easier sometimes. Waiting on God’s timing can feel painfully slow and confusing, but 2 Peter 3:9 tells us that, “The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake.”
Intimately,
Jenni
