Waiting on a big God is a very important part of growing spiritually. Although none of us likes to wait, God seems to have a particular liking for making people wait for Him to act. The Bible is full of people who had to wait on the Lord. Moses waited 40 years before he led the people of Israel out of Egypt. Abraham waited 24 years until the son promised to him by God was born. The Bible has many verses that command us to wait on the Lord.
Psalm 27:14 (NIV) Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.
It’s a strong person who learns to wait on the Lord. The bigger your perception of God, the more patient you will be in waiting for Him. If I pull up to the drive-though lane for a fast food restaurant, five minutes is too long to wait. However, if I have an appointment to meet with the President of the United States, I will wait until he shows up. God is far more important than the President.
Waiting on a big God has a lot to do with trusting God’s promises.
Hebrews 6:12 (NIV) We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.
Impatience is a form of laziness. In order for God’s promises to be fulfilled in your life, you need both faith and patience. It’s takes patience to keep on believing God until the answer to your prayer comes.
Why does God make us wait? There are a lot of reasons. First of all, the world does not revolve around one person. God’s purposes in the world are enormous and involve many people and interrelated events. Oftentimes, things that we want to happen yesterday, need to be waited on for God’s perfect timing. Probably, one of the most important reasons that God makes us wait, is that waiting changes us for the better. Waiting on God builds your faith, your patience and your strength.
Isaiah 40:31 (NASB95) Yet those who wait for the LORD will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, they will walk and not become weary.
Waiting on the Lord, empowers you with God’s strength. Sometimes you have the strength to effortless wait on God like an eagle soaring in the sky. At other times, God gives you to strength to keep on running until you reach the end of the race. However, there are times when God will give you just enough strength to keep putting one foot in front of the other without becoming weary.
What are you waiting on God for today? What promise in God’s Word are you praying will be fulfilled in your life? When you wait on the Lord, you will be tempted to give up. You will be tempted to think that God is not big enough to come through. Resist those temptations. Be strong, take heart and continue waiting for the Lord until the answer comes.
Listen to my May 31, 2009 message “Waiting on a Big God.”
“When you wait on the Lord, you will be tempted to give up. You will be tempted to think that God is not big enough to come through”.
What if you are tempted to think that what you “need” is not part of God’s plan for you? What’s wiser, to stop praying for, or to keep doing it?
You need to make sure that what you are waiting for is really God’s will. If you’re not sure, keep on praying until you are sure. If it’s not God’s will, it’s not going to happen and at some point, He’ll make that clear to you.
Waiting is one of the most difficult things to do.. Sometimes the more we want something, the harder it is to wait and we even get impatient with God! Sometimes, I experience this but God teach me to wait & pray hard. Truly God’s timing is perfect.