So what are who are you waiting on in this season of your life
what are you waiting are you single waiting on your wife your husband do you have a degree and
maybe you're waiting on God's direction for the next step what career path to choose where to
submit the application or maybe you have submitted your resume to so many places and you're waiting
for the call back for employment maybe you're waiting on a dream
you're waiting on healing you're waiting on a lost family member to come back to faith
this season that you're in is not just a by-and-by waiting season where God is just up there
just twiddling his thumbs just relaxing and chill no while you're waiting friends God is working
God is up to something my encouragement and challenge for you today is to change your
perspective on this season there is deep purpose in the waiting you may not feel anything changing
it may feel like you're going in circles but friends while you're waiting God is working in you
and God is working things around you to make sure that his plan for your life unfolds stop and think
would God withhold something from you that is good for you no will he withhold it if now is the right
time no if you stop and think any anytime God withholds something from you it's God withholding
something out of wisdom love and for our benefit that he knows that later is better later we'll be
ready for it later we'll be equipped for it we're not always equipped for everything we ask for
and you would say that to your teenage or your grandchildren you'd say to them there's some
things you're not ready for and at the same time you ask God and he doesn't give it to you
when you want you question God none of us would question the fact that God's wiser than we are
we know that he's wiser than we are so therefore whatever I'm asking him about
surely I know that he knows the right time the best time watch this and he knows that if I get it
ahead of time I won't enjoy it he knows if I get at the right time I'll enjoy it the rest of my life
we live in a microwave society I like everything fast God do it now the longer I live
the more I've learned to trust God's timing God knows what he's doing he can see the big picture
if it hasn't happened yet it hasn't been the right time you have to trust him doesn't mean it's not
going to happen God has not forgotten about you your right time is already scheduled if it
would have happened sooner it wouldn't have been a blessing in the waiting process God's doing a work
in us getting us stronger developing our character preparing us to carry the weight of glory
if the situation is not changing maybe God is using the situation to change you
if it's not working out yet maybe he's working out something in you
the test is will you trust him while you're waiting for the right time will you keep a good
attitude will you stay in faith when you don't see anything happening this is when it's easy
to get discouraged live stressed God when are you going to do something when am I going to meet the
right person when is my business going to grow why don't you relax and come back to a place of peace
God sees what you're going through he knows what you need he knows your dreams your goals he's the
one that put them in you what he has purpose for your life will come to pass one scripture
says it won't be one second late thoughts will tell you oh you're falling behind you're missing
out everyone's getting ahead of you no you're right on schedule God is ordering your steps
you keep honoring him doing the right thing you're going to come into these right time moments
moments where he's going to thrust you ahead it was a long time waiting but when you see
what God does you'll say it was worth the wait part of my job as a dad is to actually make sure
that my children do not get everything they want when they want it because as we all know a child
who gets everything they want exactly when they want it will become a spoiled monster
and what is so interesting in thinking about that is how clearly
I understand that when it comes to my children and how hard a time I have understanding that
when it comes to me being the child and God being my father
why does God make us wait we don't know all the reasons but I know part of it is because in the
waiting he is doing something he is changing us he is forming us he is teaching us endurance and
faithfulness in the midst of disappointment I don't know what you're waiting for this morning
I don't know if it's a job if it's a home if it's a relationship if it's healing but I hope you will
take some encouragement today that even when it seems like God is taking too long he is at work
there are things we can only learn by having to wait for the things that we think that we want
often if we're honest it can kind of feel like I know I felt like this at times in my life where
it feels like we're being held back from something it feels like
maybe we're being kept from something but in reality I want you to shift your perspective
you're not being held back you're not being kept from something you you are actually being prepared
for something there's a big difference there God is not keeping you back or holding you back man
is not keeping that that doesn't exist when you're following Jesus what you need to understand
is every season is strategic you are actually being prepared right now for something that God
has for you preparation comes before promotion and so we need to take the time to let God prepare us
sometimes something's not working not because it's not God's will but it's not God's time
we're very good about getting ahead of God when things maybe aren't happening on our time frame
it's easy to try to speed things up because the mistake we can make often is we get in a hurry
we want to hurry things we don't have patience and so we end up taking matters into our own hands and
trying to get something that is rightfully ours at the wrong time there are other times we can take
matters into our own hands when maybe we feel like we're falling behind maybe you feel like you're
falling behind today maybe you see people in your company getting promoted before you when you're
maybe next in line you've been there for years maybe you see your neighbors closing on that house
getting that house they always dreamed of and you feel like you're almost falling behind and
you have this temptation to feel like you need to take matters into your own hands just to keep up
it's a temptation we all get but may I encourage you that God is in control of your life and what
has your name on it can't be taken by anybody else there is one you there is one purpose for you
and God says that he has blessings stored up for the righteous he has blessings stored up with your
name on it and no one else can get what has your name on it no one else can get the spouse that is
made for you no one else can get that promotion that is designed for you no one else can get that
territory or that property or that relationship that is designed for you it is a divine
appointment for you and as long as you stay with a good attitude stay in faith continue to celebrate
others be good to people be content right where you are being your best God will make sure that
what is designed for you will get to you and trust me when you do experience it it will be worth
the wait you don't have to help God out you don't have to manipulate force strive
may not happen as fast as you would like but you have to trust God's timing
trying to force things to happen that's not going to change the right time it's just going to bring
frustration it's much better to wait and for God to do it his way do not run ahead of God
do not run ahead of God and can I tell you that's easier said than done I want us to grasp this God
has an appointed time on his calendar to bring your dream to pass he's got an appointed time
on his calendar to bring your business to pass that job that that spouse that relationship that
leadership role that child that car that home that that ministry that God has shown you you gotta
wait for it God knows what he is doing wait on the Lord may God find us waiting faithfully
because it is really easy to lose patience and want to take matters into our own hands
the problem with that is we are not God and we cannot do the things that God does I'm thinking
of Abraham and Sarah in the old testament who God was like I am going to give you a son
and eventually they were like God you're taking too long so we're gonna we're gonna
take matters into our own hands and when we try and do it generally we just really mess it up
so may we understand that there is a reason for the waiting and may we be found faithful in the
midst of the waiting whatever it is that you are waiting for you see what God does in us while we
wait what he does in us while we wait is just as important as the thing that you are waiting for
I'm gonna say that again what God does in us while we wait is just as important as the thing
that we are waiting for you see this season of your life right now while you're waiting
it's very much a part of the process of you becoming who God has created you to become
we get so fixated on the destination and where we want to be and where we want to go when God is
much more interested in the journey and the reason he's interested in the journey is because if we
don't learn what we need to learn in the journey if we don't grab a hold of the lessons that he
wants to teach us in the journey if we don't learn to trust him and increase our faith while we wait
then we will never be able to sustain the place and the blessings and the promise that he wants
to bring to us this is why the promise is always bigger the destination is always greater the
person that he has for you to become is much much better than what you could ask or imagine and so
friends the the journey is everything God wants you to be able to handle where he's taking you
so remember this God in his wisdom and love always has a very specific reason
but causing us to wait for some particular thing that we're asking about because watch this all
we see is what's in front of us God sees not only what's in front of us but he sees what's
beyond that and beyond that and beyond that and he sees the effect it'll have in our life whether
we wait or whether we don't wait and so waiting is a very important principle in the word of God
in our lives we see it in the natural we see the same thing every day
things aren't happening at our time to in our timetable at our pace but what we don't see
is that God is orchestrating other paths God is working on other things that are important for us
to reach our destiny other things need to come into alignment for you to arrive safely for you
to be fully prepared for you to step into the things that he has attached to your destiny see
God is the author and he is the finisher of your faith now the right time is the best time God
can see the big picture he knows not only when you're ready but when other people are ready
while you're waiting it may seem like nothing is happening but behind the scenes God is working
moving the wrong people out of the way lining up the favor arranging the breaks that you need
you see it's very powerful it's very powerful when you can say I not only trust God's ways but
I trust God's timing I trust that God's going to show up and do what he's planned for me at
the right time I'm only going to trust that he's going to do it I'm going to trust that he's going
to do it at the best time it's important to not only trust God but trust his timing
God said when the time is right I the Lord will make it happen the beauty is
we don't have to make it happen you don't have to manipulate things force a door to open make
yourself get well God is going to make it happen you may have obstacles that are too big for you
you don't see how you can get out of debt how you can have a baby how you can accomplish a
dream the good news is you're not on your own at the right time God will open the doors he'll
cause you to conceive he'll turn your child around I want you to get that in your spirit
that God has not forsaken you he has not forgotten about you he's doing deep work in you and around
you then there is something great coming your way you don't have to fight for it manipulate
politic for it God has it under control if you knew one of your right times was October 16th at
2:30 in the afternoon you were going to meet the person of your dreams the medical report
was going to say cancer-free an opportunity to expand your business was going to come to you
if you knew that right time was coming you would relax you wouldn't live worried you
wouldn't waste time trying to figure it out not able to sleep at night God doesn't tell us when
but he does promise when the time is right he's going to make it happen
friends have a good attitude pass the test each of us have something on the
inside we want to accomplish things we want to experience places in the company we want to be
marriages that we want to have one day but right now we may not be there and it's the test that
we need to pass where we can be our best be of excellence have a good attitude fight jealousy
celebrate others friends God is preparing you for something bigger than you could think
or imagine the right time is the best time God controls the universe he can see things
that we can't see he can open doors no person can shut sometimes he'll keep a door closed
friends there's no reason to live frustrated no reason to live worried trust his timing