Waiting is hard

Waiting is not one of my strengths. Do you like to wait in line or in a traffic jam? I don’t. In fact, I can honestly say I feel like a caged cat. I tend to look for a way out. I’ve had strange thoughts like going off-roading in order to pass the traffic or going in the carpool lane, even though I don't have a passenger with me. It’s like a war inside my mind and emotions.

friend, I don't know why I get so impatient. I get impatient in the grocery store. I know it’s a character flaw. I’ve tried to combat my impatience with a song, looking at my cell phone, or reading a magazine in the store lines. Traffic jams are a little tougher. I even get impatient when I wait on God to answer my prayer or to change the circumstances of my life. 

friend, do you ever get impatient with God? The Bible says, “Those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength;” (Isaiah 40:31, NKJV). 

Another Bible promise helps me refocus on God, take a deep breath, and believe Him to come through right on time: “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, NKJV) It promises that if we really wait on God, we shall renew our strength. Wow! I need that. We shall mount up with wings as eagles. I need that, too. We shall run and not grow weary; we shall walk and not faint. I need ALL of those promises.

Four benefits of waiting on God can surely be ours daily. So can we sing the song by Bill and Gloria Gaither as many of us did in Sunday school?: 

“Teach me, Lord, to wait down on my knees,Till in Your own good time, You answer my pleas,Teach me not to rely on what others do,But to wait in prayer for an answer from You.”

May God grant you the patience to wait, and may God renew your vision, strength, and determination. friend, I’m praying for you right now because you are a miracle.