Hey beautiful people!
I hope this Monday is treating you well! Today’s post was not what I had in mind at all but when I wake up with a song on my heart that keeps looping in my head all day… well it must be for a reason. So I scrapped my original post and so here we have today’s thoughts which deal on the topic of what it means to wait.
Dictionary.com has a number of definitions for the word wait. The ones that really stuck for me were:
- to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens
- (of things) to be available or in readiness:
- to remain neglected for a time:
a matter that can wait.
Keep these in mind. We will come back to them in a minute.
Have you been ready to go somewhere, and then had to pick someone up…. and then wait on them? Ooooooh that really grinds my gears! Anybody who knows me well, knows that I HATE WAITING! I’m always the first one ready, always the first to arrive at the restaurant and always the one anxiously waiting for everyone else to be ready ( all my friends can attest to this) Waiting is just not my gift… lol pray for me!
I remember one time I slept over at my best friends house. My best friend whose dad was the pastor of my church,( and my godfather) told us he was leaving!We were procrastinating and still getting ready, not thinking that he would actually leave us. However, when we heard the van start up, and saw it backing out the driveway, our little preteen selves had to grab our shoes in hand and run down the driveway in our stockings and catch the van before it turned the corner and hit the main roads! I still laugh about it to this day and think that was the catalyst that made me so irritated with waiting- the fear of being left behind
Today I woke up with the song, “You Waited” by Travis Greene in my head. The lyrics read:
You called out my name
Knew my past, covered my shame
This amazing grace
You’ve shown, so patiently
You’ve shown, so patiently
And You
You waited
For me, just for me
You waited
For me, just for me
Where would I be?
If You left me God
Where would I be?
If You left me God
Where would I be?
If You left me God
Where would I be?
If You left me God
But You waited, waited
You waited, waited
You waited, waited
You waited, waited
Going back to the definitions of the word wait, It may seem that life is at a standstill or
Inactive at the moment, or it even might seem that God has neglected you for a time. But don’t give up hope! In our season of waiting, God is teaching us to trust His timing. For us impatient people, its hard to wait and see the full picture of what God is doing. But remember while you are waiting, take heed in the fact that He is preparing you for something spectacular! So while you are waiting, seek Him and stay ready!!
One of the scriptures that I hold dear and that has been supporting me through my season of wait is Isaiah 40:31 (New King James Version (NKJV)) which reads:
31 But those who wait on 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.
Theres a little chorus I love that mirrors these words and ends with the line, “teach me Lord how to wait”
Dear God,
Help us to stay patient in our season of wait. Help us to remember that your ways are not our ways and in the midst of every season, you are working things out on our behalf! Help us to remember that the season of wait, is not a forever season and better things are coming ahead! Teach us Lord how to wait!
Amen!
Whatever it is you are waiting for, wait on God! He’ll work it out ❤
Have an amazing Monday!
xoxo
