Even youths will become weak and tired,
and young men will fall in exhaustion.
But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength.
They will soar high on wings like eagles.
They will run and not grow weary.
They will walk and not faint. Isaiah 40:30-31 (NLT)
Someone recently asked me what it looked like to wait well. My first thought was “How would I know. I don’t wait well.” Let me explain.
God has had me waiting for some time now. It feels like I am stuck in this place that I don’t want to be and every time I want to “take care of it”, I am told to wait. I believe I can fix this if I do certain things but he is telling me to stay put.
So I wait. But I don’t do it well. There are days when I walk away from my time with God sure of who he is and what he wants. I am confident that this will work out. It’s all good.
The next day (or even sometimes later that same day), I am an anxious mess. I feel like curling into the fetal position and hiding somewhere where I don’t have to face what is hard. I am not sure if I am hearing God correctly. I question everything I am doing. Obviously, these days are not a good representation of someone who trusts God.
This process is a journey. I don’t think in my lifetime I will ever be 100% sure of what God is doing. And I don’t think all my days will look stellar. And that’s OK. What I am learning is to lean on who God is, not what I can or cannot do.
On my particularly messy days, I remind myself of God’s promises in the Bible. I remind myself that I believe that he will do what he says he will do. I remember that even Jesus didn’t want to walk through what he walked through but he did it. He kept walking; believing.
I know God loves me. I know he loves you too. If you are in a time of waiting, keep doing what he last told you to do and trust that this time is important. Lean into it. Surrender to it and his infallible timing.Someone recently asked me what it looked like to wait well. My first thought was “How would I know. I don’t wait well.” Let me explain.
God has had me waiting for some time now. It feels like I am stuck in this place that I don’t want to be and every time I want to “take care of it”, I am told to wait. I believe I can fix this if I do certain things but he is telling me to stay put.
So I wait. But I don’t do it well. There are days when I walk away from my time with God sure of who he is and what he wants. I am confident that this will work out. It’s all good.
The next day (or even sometimes later that same day), I am an anxious mess. I feel like curling into the fetal position and hiding somewhere where I don’t have to face what is hard. I am not sure if I am hearing God correctly. I question everything I am doing. Obviously, these days are not a good representation of someone who trusts God.
This process is a journey. I don’t think in my lifetime I will ever be 100% sure of what God is doing. And I don’t think all my days will look stellar. And that’s OK. What I am learning is to lean on who God is, not what I can or cannot do.
On my particularly messy days, I remind myself of God’s promises in the Bible. I remind myself that I believe that he will do what he says he will do. I remember that even Jesus didn’t want to walk through what he walked through but he did it. He kept walking; believing.
I know God loves me. I know he loves you too. If you are in a time of waiting, keep doing what he last told you to do and trust that this time is important. Lean into it. Surrender to it and his infallible timing.
Show me the right path, O Lord;
point out the road for me to follow.
Lead me by your truth and teach me,
for you are the God who saves me.
All day long I put my hope in you. Psalm 25:4-5