Wait on the LORD!
Be strong and let your heart be confident.
Rely on the LORD!
Psalm 27:14
Let me ask you a question...How good are you at waiting? I'll be honest, I don't like waiting. I tend to get a bit "antsy" when I am behind someone at the Pharmacy who wants to have a nice long chat with the Pharmacist while the ten people behind them are waiting to pick up their prescriptions. I tend to get a bit vocal when the light turns green and the person at the front of the line is too busy looking at their phone. When I was in Seminary, I absolutely hated turning in my assignments and having to wait for the professor to return them with a grade and comments.
Let's be honest, we don't like waiting. But waiting is part of God's plans for us. Why? Because has to prepare us...make us ready...for our scars to heal. Yet we are so anxious to get going and performing that we try to push God's plans along, and we fail miserably, then we get angry with God because OUR plan to move God along failed.
What if you decided that God had called you to be a police officer. Would you expect to be handed a weapon and radio with no training and preparation? What if you figured God had called you to be a surgeon. Would you roll up your sleeves and start cutting with no knowledge of anatomy? God's plans always have steps. God doesn't just tell us His plans for us and then turn us loose on the world. God takes His time to get us ready.
If you are struggling, as I do, with waiting patiently as God prepares you for His plans, Pray immediately for God to calm your fears, sooth your anxieties, and prepare your heart and mind. God is patient, but never slow!!
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