Waiting on God can be hard at times, but I think I am learning that as I wait on God to reveal His direction for our life, I don't have to do it and be bored or impatient. I have been waiting on God for quite a while now to answer some prayers we have and to reveal to us the direction He wants us to go. I have been learning that as we wait, we can do so actively by pursuing wisdom and understanding. I have never claimed to know everything, although I sometimes act like it, but one thing I do know is this. I have learned that as I wait on God, I can miss a lot if I obsess about His answer. I miss the journey that takes place as I wait, and the discovery of this truth is priceless in terms of the difference of having lived it or having endured it.
As I begin to understand the process and try my best to live it, every moment of it, every opportunity of it, I begin to understand a little more about myself and by doing that I gain wisdom. If God were to just answer our prayers the instant we asked them, I believe we would end up like spoiled little children that didn't appreciate what they had been given. But by waiting for it, working for it, trusting that it will be His best for you, you begin to appreciate and cherish the moments and opportunities that come your way that will prepare you for the answer. Regardless of what God's answer is for us, I can trust that it is His best answer, for me, for my family, and for those around us.
I love God, I love His gifts to me and my family, I love the opportunities and moments He blesses us with that teach and stretch us to rely on and trust in Him more. I know that his answer and His will for our lives is His best for us, and that is something that I am looking forward discovering in His time.
Colossians 1:10-12 (New International Version)
10And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, 11being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully 12giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you[a] to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light.
