How God Uses Waiting - Part 1
"Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!" Psalm 27:14
God has a plan for every part of your life, and He is in control of the big and the small. When things aren't going according to our plan, to our timetable, it can be easy to lose sight of the big picture. It puts us at a crossroads where we can choose to walk away from truth and try to accomplish things on our own strength, or we can choose to trust.
Abraham was told that he would be a father of nations, but he was unsure how this could be because Sarah was barren. So Sarah and Abraham devised a plan that Abraham would father a child through one of Sarah's servants, Hagar. However, this resulted in enmity between Sarah and Hagar, and Hagar and her child lost and dying in a desert. This was not the plan that God had in mind, and this was not the child that God was going to establish His covenant with. If Abraham and Sarah had not taken matters into their own hands, and instead waited upon the Lord, things would have turned out a lot differently.
Waiting has purpose. If we choose to trust Him, we will experience so much joy, even in the hard waiting season. We will experience intimacy with Christ that can only be experienced through true surrender. This means that we let go of what we are waiting for, longing for, and instead place it in His capable hands. By saying to God " I choose you over my hopes and dreams" we enter into a place of closeness and even freedom. We don't have to control the outcome. We don't have to make sure all the pieces fit or the stars align. All we have to do is trust that the Creator of the universe has a plan for our life, and walk the road that He has shown us. And as we walk, He walks with us. We don't have to go through our waiting season alone. He is right there beside us. We can experience the joy of knowing Christ intimately and see how He blesses us even when life is so hard. He does want to bless us. He wants us to know the joy that comes through trusting in Him alone, and He wants us to experience the freedom that comes from surrender and intimacy with Him. Sometimes the answer to our prayer doesn't look like what we had hoped for or expected it, but it is so much better when it is from the Lord and not our own striving.
"And the Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail." Isaiah 58:11
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