While I wait God works this is not a a nice little Christian sentiment to get you through
a hard season this is anchored in the unchanging word of God he promises us if you wait on me I'll
work for you if you wait on me if you're patient if you have expectation if you don't give up if
you don't cash out if you just keep following me I promise you you may not see what I'm doing you may
even be tempted to think I'm not doing anything at all but all the while I'm orchestrating things
for my glory and for your good God works while we wait even when I don't see it
and even when I don't feel it you're working so grab hold of that and cling to that truth
it doesn't mean your circumstances change in a minute it doesn't mean you're going to wake
up tomorrow to uh to a bed full of roses it just means that while you wait heaven works
God's always working no matter what the crossroads you're at in life when you are
forced to face the trials and tribulations of life when you are at the point not knowing what
to do or where to turn you can trust in God every one of us go through valley experiences
every one of us are faced with these valleys these are part of the experience of life but every time
we go through these valleys we need to know that he's there God may not he may not do what
you think he may do the total opposite of what you think but he's still going to do something
so many times we think God what have you done why have you left me out no man apathy's not in that
brother's vocabulary and he ain't never late he made time he is time he has infinite wisdom he has
all the information that could ever be known he's the alpha the scripture says and the omega so he
stands at the end and makes decisions about now where we stand in the now and go with all
the information we have we don't know why God you're not doing this and God's going oh that's
because you don't have all the information yet there's a lot of things you don't understand yet
and I'm navigating all those pieces to make sure what we do isn't fast but is right and is good
and is noble Lamentations 3:25 says this the Lord is good to those who wait for him
to the person who seeks after him you have to know today that we are serving a God who is other
than us it's not a better version of you bigger version of you cleaner version of you his ways are
higher than our ways and his thoughts are higher than our thoughts is what Isaiah says so when you
can't hear his voice speaking trust that his hands are working trust God's timing while you wait
trust God's timing while you wait there's a reason for your delay see there's a reason for
every season that we go through and if we'll not get bitter and upset we'll start to trust
God in the middle of the season see I like a and I like z I'm not a big fan of l m n o p
I'm not a big fan of the middle I like the beginning and the end but God says if you'll trust
me from l to m to n to o to p I'll take you to z and you'll be grateful because what I'm doing in
you is more important than where you're going to what I'm going to do in you is more important than
what I'll do through you I've got to do something in you at g h i j k before you get to z you
think you're ready for the blessing but I'm still preparing you I'm still working and it's a process
trust God's timing he's got a plan for you he's got a plan for your life in the season that you're
in no matter how big your problems are if if you can spend time in the presence of God and you know
that he's walking with you it overrides everything else that's going on in your life because you just
know that he's going to take care of it some way somehow you just make sure that you stay in faith
that you keep believing and let me work as long as you're believing God is working and I'll tell you
what we need to be saying more of and I've I've I've been doing this for a good number of years
and it's really really helpful when I'm waiting on something and then I start to think about how
long it's been and you know my mind starts to go negative I say out loud God is working
God is working and it helps me because he is you know when you get a breakthrough God didn't start
just working on that a second before you got it God's working in your life right now he's heard
your prayers he's working in your situation but especially when you've prayed prayers for other
people you have no control over how long it takes them to listen to God you work hard and
you've believed God and you've been waiting what seems like forever for that kid to change or for
your finances to change or for you to change or whatever but I'm here to tell you I've been
there done that still go through it in different seasons at different times and I am telling you
by the word of God and from my my experience and the experience of many others that God is faithful
and I don't know how long you will have to wait but I do know that God will come through and I
do know that you can enjoy your wait if you will just improve your attitude how we wait
is possibly more important than what we're waiting for if we're gonna spend
all this time waiting why not wait with the right attitude why not live our best days
even while we're waiting for the destination you don't have to wait till you get to the destination
to live out your best days you can start living out your best days even while you're waiting
that's what God wants for us and I feel like God has this this thought with us he says listen
there's a right way to wait and there's a wrong way to wait some people wait with impatience they
wait with anger frustration twiddling their thumbs when are you going to be ready when
are we going to get there are we there yet some people wait with anger why why have I not reached
to where I want to be why have we not sold the house yet why why haven't we moved into a house
and sometimes we can get tired while we're waiting on the next season of life
and hope begins to wane in the waiting doesn't it because you begin to think okay well maybe
tomorrow's going to be the day well after so many maybe tomorrow is going to be the day the
enemy begins to have a playground with your mind and go no yesterday wasn't the day and tomorrow's
not going to be the day I'm waiting here we as a people don't like to wait so at the end of the day
what do you do when you feel like his voice is silent we trust that his hands are active
his ability to work does not hinge on my perception of him working
he is God almighty and paints on a bigger canvas than I can imagine this is who he is
he's never missed a call he's never done something he wished he could take back he's never been
so busy figuring out something that he missed you over here while you were doing your thing
never one time has God failed and today won't be the day he starts and you won't be the person that
he starts with this is the hope but remember what is hope it's a positive expectation that something
good is going to happen to me to have hope and expectancy is the Hebrew translation for the word
wait so he's not saying just wait like you know maybe this is going to happen or I'd kind of like
throw you know throw a coin in a wishing well I hope this I wish this would happen no he says
wait with an expectant heart that God's going to bring this to pass wait with great expectations
and this is what Isaiah says he says if you'll wait upon the Lord and you'll wait the right way
he will renew your strength you will mount up with wings like eagles you will run and
not be weary you will walk and not faint that's God's promise to us that if we wait the right way
we're not going to get burned out we're not going to get exhausted we're not going to get impatient
and settle for something less than what God has promised us to wait on we're going to be able to
hold steady in the middle of our waiting and not fall off not quit church not quit believing in God
not give up on the promises sometimes when we're waiting for a promise it's easy to get exhausted
while we're waiting it's easy to get impatient to feel burned out to just say you know what
whatever I'm not going to church I'm not going to believe it I'm going to stop reading my bible
when the promise comes to pass then I'll believe that God's for me we've got to learn how to wait
with expectancy that even while we're waiting for the promise to come to pass God's with me he's for
me he's working behind scenes it will happen God I'm believing that my best days are not behind me
Lord I'm believing the promise will come to pass what's in front of me is going to be greater than
what's behind me Lord what you're doing in me is greater than what is happening to me Lord
I'm standing on your promises I will not quit I will not give up I'm expecting a harvest in Jesus
name God's saying it's time for you to wait with great expectations this season is important don't
get bitter while you're waiting for the promises of God to come to pass while you're waiting for
that family member to get back to church while you're waiting for that that loved one to give
his life back to Jesus while you're waiting for a house to sell while you're waiting to
to to do that next season direction from God whatever you're waiting on God says wait with
great expectations put your hope in the Lord James chapter 5 verse 7 says that we're called to wait
like a farmer waits for the harvest a farmer is confident he's not stressed out he's not worried
I don't know if the harvest is going to come no he knows harvest is on the way I've done my
work I've planted I've done all the watering it's just a matter of time before the harvest gets here
see we're called to wait with that kind of confidence God the promise is coming to pass what
I've been praying for Lord I've been sowing the seeds Lord I'm expecting the harvest is on the way