WAIT

Get up, fix my coffee, and let the dogs out my routine every morning.  As I am walking to sit down to write I notice my little dog and my big dog patiently gathered by the door looking at me.  Of course they want in, but they can stay outside for a little while.  I begin to write when I notice that they have now run around the house and are starring at me through the front door.  They won’t give up.  So what do I do?  I get up and let them in.  They are so excited they almost knock me over when I open the door.  As I write they both sit beside me just starring at me, but now with calmness in their eyes. 

My mind goes to my life when I have been waiting on the Lord.  You may have experienced the same scenario.  You need answers, you want answers.  You are desperately seeking for the Lord to guide you to what you need to do.  You run from one door to the next hoping that He will notice and open it.  You are anxious and your patience in running thin.  But you don’t give up.  You have faith that He will finally get to you. 

This is true.  He doesn’t finally get to us.  He is always with us it just takes him longer to open the door.  It is through this process that we are growing in our faith.  He is strengthening us by the waiting.  It is through all of our experiences that we learn how to run through life with excitement even when we are entangled in heart wrenching circumstances. 

There are situations throughout the Bible of people who had to wait.  Abraham had to wait 100 years for a child, David had to wait 15 years to be King, Moses walked for 40 long years in the desert, and Joseph was in a dungeon for 10 years. 

Our wait may seem long, but I am sure that it isn’t as long as the people of Biblical times.  You can withstand the wait.  It is when you do that your faith is built.  Don’t let the wait make you hopeless.  Instead let it give you greater hope for what God has in store for you.