if you are struggling with life's stickier issues want to grow your faith
in God and become everything that you were created to be then you are in the
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to talk about the fastest way out of God's waiting room
have you ever waited on something so long that you wondered if God forgot
about you look I've never been one to wait well but there was one time in my
life that was especially trying my patience it was several years after my
divorce and I was a new woman I had spent years in counseling women's groups
and in God's presence and I could truly call myself renewed it was glorious and
I felt ready to venture out into that treacherous water of dating again and
after all my hard work I foolishly figured that's finding a mate who loved
the Lord the way I did would be easy all there are Christians everywhere right
wrong I found myself on dates with one Christian toad after another it was
discouraging and I remember one day crying out to my friend in frustration
and I said if God wants what's best for me where is he and what she said slapped
me right out of my pity party she said Chris maybe it isn't about you maybe God
is still getting him ready wow that was a thought that never had
occurred to me and I soon snapped out of my when God when wine and I realized
that when God is ready he'll move and the scripture that grounded me was Psalm
84 11 and it reads
waiting can be an enormous test of patience and at some point we all find
ourselves waiting whether we're longing for a prayer to be answered or a justice
to be served waiting on God is an inevitable part of life and as
frustrating as waiting on God can be our goal shouldn't be just to get our
prayers answered but to grow in faith while we wait and the type of waiter
that you are can have an incredible impact on how long you're in God's
waiting so here are two types of waiting that
are only going to keep you lingering longer the first is aggressive waiting
aggressive waiters are quick to respond but slow to listen the Apostle Peter
would be an example of this type of waiting where they're speaking before he
thinks jumping off a boats are contradicting Jesus Peter thought that
he knew the way Peter was a man of great faith but his fire ready aim technique
landed him in trouble on more than one occasion if you're an aggressive waiter
you'll likely feeling stressed and overwhelmed and under accomplished
continuing to go ahead of God will likely create bondages in your life as
your soul is ruling not your spirit the second type of waiting is passive
waiting passive waiters are often eager to listen but slow to take action
Abraham is a good example of a passive waiter instead of allowing God's timing
for the promised son to prevail Abraham and Sarah took matters into their own
hands and on the surface this may seem like Abraham was an aggressive waiter
but the problem was is that Sarah was more aggressive and Abraham was too
passive to speak up against her plan and for God's his pattern repeated itself
several times as he stood back allowing Ishmael to be cast out and lot to call
the shots all because his passivity couldn't tolerate confrontation passive
waiting can result in laziness and confusion and continuing to pray but not
act will likely lead to missed opportunities both types of waiting can
keep you stuck in God's waiting room longer than you'd like now if you want
your way out of the waiting room as fast as possible you're gonna want to develop
this type of waiting active waiting active waiters have just the right
balance of peace and purpose they are like soldiers that are ready for their
next marching orders Jesus was our master example of active waiting on God
he said I don't speak on my own authority
Jesus waited with expectancy for what
the father was saying to him he was sensitive to listen and quick to take
action he didn't contemplate vacillate or
deliberate rather he was quick to activate and that's the way we should
model our lives we are called to do what we know to do and trust God for the rest
when you are an active waiter peace and relief comfort you like a warm fuzzy
blanket to remain a steadfast soldier I want to encourage you to grow in
sensitivity to the Holy Spirit and in the courage to respond to his words
waiting is to be expected in life some of the greatest people in the Bible had
to wait for God's promise to come to pass and my friend was right if God
wanted something or someone in my life he'd have been there I didn't know what
God was doing at the time maybe he was preparing me maybe preparing him but
whatever it was it was for my good and God did show up in my waiting room and
brought me the man that he had for me at just the right time but more than that
my time in God's waiting room took me to new levels of faith and prepared me for
what he's doing in my life right now I wouldn't have changed that time for
anything so my friend will you trust him in the waiting room if you are ready to
move forward and you want to build faith I mean mountain-moving faith I want to
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but for now I want to pray with you before we go father in the mighty name
of Jesus Lord we thank you we thank you for your waiting room we thank
you Lord that you love us so much that you will not leave us the way we are and
who we are so father I pray that for each one watching that we would no
longer be aggressive waiters we would no longer be passive waiters Lord but we
would be active waiters give us an ever-increasing awareness and
sensitivity to your Holy Spirit so that we may hear from you every moment of
every day and we pray this in the mighty name of Jesus and if you agree with me
can you say amen amen until next time my friend I pray that
you will remember all things are possible with God