I am actually walking through it with a friend.
This morning as we were discussing the book we talked about the chapter called, "The Secret of Waiting on God."
Sorge says, "Waiting on God may be the most difficult of all the spiritual disciplines, and perhaps that's the reason so few truly practice it." He goes on to say, "We lack the attention span to wait on God."
This got me to thinking. How often do I get tired of waiting on God?
How many times have I missed what God had instore because I got tired of waiting.
Waiting seems so unproductive. Waiting is hard! Waiting means I have no control over what is happening!
As I pondered these thoughts about waiting, I began singing the song we used to sing in our churches based on Isaiah 40:31.
They that wait upon the Lord
Shall renew their strength
They shall mount up with wings, as eagles
They shall run and not be weary
They shall walk and not faint
Teach me Lord, Teach me Lord, to wait
That last line got me. We sing and pray, "Teach me Lord to wait." And yet we often grow tired of waiting.
The past few years I have been waiting on God. I've been waiting so long, that now people give me a weird look when they ask how things are going and I reply, "I'm waiting on God."
People's response to my reply started becoming frustrating.
This was just another lesson God was teaching me.
People do not understand waiting on God because most people think they don't have time to wait on God. Why? Because most people are busy trying to figure life out on their own.
Several years ago, the Lord reminded me that I am just a passenger in this thing we call Life. He is the driver. He is the one in control. My responsibility is to wait upon Him.
Bob Sorge wrote, "Waiting on God is so powerful that the enemy will do everything in his power to dissuade you from maintaining your watch. Even though you may wait on God for many years, there is a day coming when God will change everything in a moment."
So how do we learn to wait on God?
First we must learn to value time in His presence over working for Him.
Second we must focus on what He has promised, knowing that at any moment God will change everything.
So many people are in a hurry. In a hurry for a lot of things. We want things to happen yesterday!
But there is a spiritual discipline we must value. Learn to wait on God.
Waiting on God puts Him in control and allows us to know Him more intimately then we ever dreamed we could know Him.
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