Why is God making me wait?

I’ve been waiting

I’ve been praying for a specific change in my life for a few years now. I feel it coming but God keeps telling me to wait. And wait.

I see the value in it – I really do. I was ready to take charge when Covid hit and I remember praying, “Okay, God, NOW I see why you told me to be still a bit longer!”

But it’s tough to feel change coming and feel impotent to actually make the changes.

However, God is faithful.

Opportunities

Recently an opportunity opened up and I’m so grateful it did. It confirms where I’ve felt God leading me.

Maybe you know where this is going next… I start praying about whether it’s time to make bigger changes. I’m getting so impatient! Yet there’s also work to do while we wait.

Just when I was about to despair this week, someone reached out with an opportunity that confirms God is still working. He’s actively preparing me and opening doors.

Lessons

The wait has not been for naught.

And neither is yours. Waiting for God to tell you it’s time (to stop, to start, to make a change…whatever your IT is) can be so defeating. But He’s preparing us during this time. So that when the time comes, we are ready to make the real difference He has planned for us.

I think I see the big change coming and I’m so excited.

I’m sure that God has amazing plans if we are patient and obedient to wait on his timing.

Verses

Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord! (Psalm 27:14)

But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint. (Isaiah 40:31)

Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices! (Psalm 37:7)

I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; (Psalm 130:5)

But as for me, I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me. (Micah 7:7)

The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. (Lamentations 3:25)

Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. (Romans 12:12)

But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience. (Romans 8:25)

I will wait for the Lord, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him. (Isaiah 8:17)

Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains. (James 5:7)

With love,

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