"There are always consequences for not waiting! There are always rewards for waiting! It is always profitable to wait! It is always productive to wait!"
(Pastor Charles Stanley) I have received the very best blessings when I decided to wait according to how God has called us to wait. I had to learn that the most effective way to wait on God's move (in my life) was without griping and complaining about the process. I had to learn to wait for the Lord in complete peace and reverence to who He is and what He was doing in me. But also, I learned to wait with absolute expectancy for what He was getting ready to do for me. There were many times (if not most of the time) I expected God to move on my behalf, when I wanted Him to. I wanted to get out of the suffering as quickly as possible. So, I would try to hurry the process that God had begun in me. Sometimes, I would try to fix the situation myself! And can I tell you, that if you are not willing to wait on God's timing, (trying to fix it on your own), you put yourself in a more detrimental position, and you still have to wait! Who wants to wait for their breakthroughs while feeling miserable ad set back? I didn't! But, I did it to myself as a result of my direct disobedience. To add, in many times of waiting with griping and complaining, I began to see that the process of my breakthrough seemed to take much longer! And I was getting much more weary in waiting, because I was utilizing all of my energy for negativity. Sadly enough, I was in this same cycle of extended wait and misery over and over again!
But, as I began to grow more intimately in Christ, I became more open to learning, understanding, and applying just how He had instructed me to wait, how He instructs us all to wait. And when I began to wait for my breakthroughs in the exact manner that He called me to, I began to see God's hand in my life more effectively. And although sometimes the wait was no quicker than it had been before, my perspective began to change, my attitude (while waiting) began to change. Before long, I found myself in peace and maintaining joy while I waited. More importantly, I found myself remaining patient, while I waited! And through this process, I learned to not just wait on the works of the Lord in my life, but to wait effectively for His hand to move on my behalf. I would encourage anybody-while you are waiting for your breakthrough, don't waste the waiting period! Let this period grow you spiritually, mature you spiritually in Him! Embrace this waiting period! And allow God to use it, in order to develop you for His overall purpose for your life!
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