Waiting, Waiting, Waiting, ...

This post was originally published on July 1, 2010.  

Waiting…..Waiting…..Waiting……

For what do we wait?

• School to start (or end)
• Special date (anniversary, birthday, Christmas)
• Birth of a child
• Marriage
• Job

Right now I’m in the “job waiting” period of life.  I have tried to hasten God’s timetable by emailing and calling to find out status of job.  This morning, as I continued the Sweeter Than Chocolate Bible study of Hebrews 11, God got my attention!!

Notice verses 13-16 (NIV)

13All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance. And they admitted that they were aliens and strangers on earth. 14People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. 15If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. 16Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

God’s timetable?  Hah!  I’ve been trying to rush Him.  My Lord will not be rushed.  I need to learn from the story of Sarah, Hagar, and Abraham.  I am pausing, I am waiting, I trust God’s timetable.

My sisters, are you anxious?  Are you waiting on God?  Are you rushing the timetable?  What immediate peace I feel when I say to my Lord, “God, according to your good, pleasing, and perfect will, I trust that YOUR timetable is perfect and I submit to YOU.”

Therefore, my sisters, place your day, week, month, and years in the Lord’s hands.  He is able and willing to reveal His plans for you, according to HIS schedule.

Deb

Gillaspie, Pam. “Sweeter than Chocolate – Hebrews 11.” Bible Study/Bible Study Tools.   Precept Ministries, 2009. Web. 1 July 2010.

Klein, Zach. Weekly Schedule. N.d. Flickr. N.p., 31 Oct. 2006. Web. 1 July 2010.  <http://www.flickr.com/photos/zachklein/284926479/&gt;.