We live in a world today, where everybody wants their needs and wants met immediately! Nobody seems to want to wait for anything anymore! I am very much one of those people! I used to ponder on why I had to wait a certain period of time for certain things, or for certain results on certain things. At first, I didn't see or understand the purpose of waiting for anything. I mean, why go through the duration phase, right? Why couldn't I have it right when I wanted it? And when I didn't get things or desires on my time clock, I was sure God had failed me! I just felt that if He really loved me, then He would not make me experience the period of duration in something. How selfish was I to think that whatever I desired, I earned the right to have it, right when I wanted it? We get so caught up in the wanting of things, and the desiring of things, that we forget about everything else! We forget that God places us all in a season of duration for various reasons. He does so because He wants to develop us and mature us for what He has for us! The very reason fro duration is for us to lean and depend solely on God to deliver that something that we are waiting and expecting to be delivered. Sometimes, when we receive things too soon, it takes our focus off of how that thing is to be used in our futures, in our stories, in our lives! God intends to use us all for His purpose! And sometimes the reason or season for duration serves this very purpose!
I say this because during the times when I am waiting and expecting something for Him, it enables me to align myself with His words and promises, in order for that thing to come to pass! I find myself delving more and more into Him, hungering for Him and asking Him to search me, to ensure that my own motives are right, in waiting for or expecting that thing to come to pass. If I did not have this period of duration, I would not have the time to seek Him with all of me, as I await for Him to move on my behalf! I would not be able to develop and mature in my walk with Him if I was not given a period of duration. If He gave me what I wanted immediately, then there would be no reason for me to continue following Him so closely. I would simply tell Him, "thanks" and get out of His presence! But God intended for us all to have a relationship with Him. He wants intimacy with all of us! And for many of us, (if not all of us), if we were immediately given what we requested right away, then we would no longer pursue Him more and more. We would all miss out on the very best part of knowing Him-relationship!
So, when I hear people say, "why am I having to wait so long" or "if I had known that I would be waiting this long, I would have done this or that", I explain to them the reason for the duration. He does His best work in our waiting! He does His best work when we are pursuing Him with all that we have! Because during this time of waiting or duration, we are more open to Him than we ever are! We become so attuned to Him, that we follow Him ever so closely! "So whenever you become discouraged or even defeated from having to wait a certain time for a certain thing, please keep in mind, that there is certainly a reason for such duration! He never wastes anything that happens to us-even long waiting periods! "My times are in Your hands"! (Psalm 31:15)
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