I’ve been sitting quietly waiting for a word for a long time
but nothing. I’ve prayed, soaked, and twiddled my thumbs but nothing. I’ve
started and stopped, erased, and still nothing. I started to give up and go
look in my archives for an oldie but goodie but was stopped. I realized
something in that moment that had escaped me in all of my waiting. Sometimes
the answer is just in the waiting. Sometimes the answer is sitting and
listening, soaking and twiddling your thumbs. You see, sometimes you can be so
anxious to make something happen or hear the next instruction that you miss
what God is saying and doing. The Lord sent me to Isaiah 40 and a familiar
passage for the explanation.
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Everlasting God, the Lord, the
Creator of the ends of the earth does not become tired or grow weary; there is
no searching of His understanding. He gives strength to the weary, And to him
who has no might He increases power. Even youths grow weary and tired, and
vigorous young men stumble badly, but those who wait for the Lord [who expect,
look for, and hope in Him] will gain new strength and renew their power; they will lift up their wings [and rise
up close to God] like eagles [rising toward the sun]; they will run and not
become weary, they will walk and not grow tired. (Isaiah 40:28-31 AMP)
Like me, you’ve probably read this passage a thousand times
and been encouraged. I mean you haven’t been to a good service unless you’ve
heard someone holler, “They will MOUNT up on wings like eagles!” in a good
Martin Luther King voice. Therefore, when the Lord sent me there this morning,
I wasn’t expecting what He showed me. So I read the verses a couple of times
and on the last time, I saw it. Do you see what happens in the waiting? The new
strength shows up and the fresh power! Then comes the perspective to go higher
with expectation and destination. Finally the motivation to run without
hindrances and move with energy. All of that happens when you wait. All of that
happens when you stop worrying about what isn’t happening and let God move in
the stillness. You see the funny thing is that while you are waiting, God is
working. Look at the verses again! That whole passage is in active tense. They
are receiving all of those things as they wait!
Listen, God recognizes that you are looking for clarity and
strength to keep going. He knows that you’ve been fighting for your mind and tired
in your body. However, please note that this passage first makes sure that you
recognize that the Lord is in the position to oppose those obstacles. How? He
does not become tired or weary. His understanding is eternal and He has
strength and power in reserve. He has exactly what you need; if you will just
take advantage of the space He is giving you to receive it. Have you ever
considered that God makes you wait so that you have what it takes for the next
step? Perhaps you need to shift your perspective away from the frustration and
the disappointment and towards the gains. What have you received in the
waiting? Divine connections, time to write, space to grow? Or maybe it was the
strength to leave or the clarity to start your ministry? My point is that God
is using your waiting period for a purpose.
Do not miss it because waiting is not on your timeline.
I realized this morning that I was missing the opportunity
that God was giving me. The waiting was giving me time to hear, rest my mind,
and receive. My need to keep moving told me that it was wasted time but the
Lord was showing me the necessity. Make sure that you aren’t rushing a much
needed time of growth, strengthening and education because you’ve gotten caught
up in the wrong timeline. Sometimes the answer is in the wait.
Amen
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