We place our hope, our trust, our faith in Christ. We turn over our requests, worries, sorrows, and burdens to Him. And then we wait.
Wait for an answer. Wait for God to show us the way. Wait for God to move. And in this waiting time, it is hard to understand His perfect timing. We grow restless, unsure, and even doubtful.
Perhaps you find yourself today in a position of waiting and it feels like Christ’s clock is running slow. But there is a blessing to be found in waiting!
All through the Bible, we can find examples of those whose lives were blessed by waiting. In studying about Moses this last week, it is obvious that while God wanted to use him for a HUGE job (to lead the Israelites out of Egypt and on to the promised land), He needed to work on his heart for many years.
I can imagine as Moses was tending the flock in the middle of the dessert, he assumed that God had surely forgotten him, had given up on him. Moses had been waiting for a very long time to be used by God. Perhaps he thought Christ’s clock was running slow.
And then God spoke to him through a burning bush. He knew Moses was ready. His timing was perfect.
His timing is perfect in our lives too. Even when the waiting is painful. Even when we begin to grow restless and doubtful. He is faithful. He is still working while we are waiting.
He is working on us.
John Maxwell had this to say about waiting, “Waiting deepens and matures us, levels our perspective and broadens our understanding.”
Several years ago, we felt led to sell our home and move in a new direction. It was a decision that we prayed through and felt confident in the Lord’s will. We were excited and anxious for this process to move quickly. And then we waited. For such a long time, we waited.
But in the waiting, we began to trust more and our faith began to deepen. We prayed by ourselves, as a couple, and with our kids about it. Our kids even asked others to pray with them about it. He was changing us. He was changing our hearts.
Perhaps it was never even about a move. Perhaps we just needed to be more dependent upon our Lord. To recognize Him as the leader of our home. To keep our focus on Him.
And then two years later our house sold to a couple who had been looking for a new house for two years and never looked at ours. The house we bought had been on the market for two years without selling. It was all God. His timing is perfect.
My prayer for you today is that you can recognize the blessing in the waiting. That rather than grow restless and doubtful, you will allow Him to work on your heart. That you can know Christ’s perfect timing in your life.
