Thursday, September 24, 2026
Waiting
In this hurry- up world, wait-
ing for anything can cause us
to lose our temper and our
good sense—more frequently than we
care to admit! No one enjoys waiting in
line. We don’t like waiting at stoplights.
We don’t like waiting for dinner. We
don’t even like waiting for good things,
like for fish to bite. We want what we
want right now.
Yet the Word of God insists that we
learn some of life’s greatest lessons while
we wait. Waiting rooms can be hard
classrooms, but God promises vast re-
wards to those who wait for Him. God
plans to use the long pauses in our lives
for our blessing . . . if we let Him.
Why does God so often ask us to
wait? Let’s consider five major rewards of
waiting.
1. We discover God’s will.
“The LORD is good to those who wait
for Him, to the person who seeks Him”
(Lam. 3:25). God does not allow delays
in giving us the desire of our hearts to lead
us along. Rather, we know that even as we
wait, He is working all things together for
our good and His glory (Rom. 8:28). Yet
as we eagerly anticipate His provision, we
must keep our eyes on Him—listening for
His voice and direction. In that way, we
learn to do His will, and our relationship
with Him grows deeper.
We receive supernatural energy and
strength.
God invites us to claim His promise
in Isaiah 40:29–31: “He gives strength
to the weary, and to him who lacks
might He increases power. Though
youths grow weary and tired, and vigor-
ous young men stumble badly, yet those
who wait for the LORD will gain new
strength; they will mount up with wings
like eagles, they will run and not get
tired, they will walk and not become
weary.”
Just as God deepens our relationship
with Him through times of waiting, He
also increases our energy, faith, en-
durance, and strength. We grow in the
likeness of Christ and all of His attri -
butes—including in love, joy, peace, pa-
tience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness, and self- control (Gal. 5:22,
23). Surely, waiting on Him is never
wasted time!
3. We win battles.
“Wait for the LORD, and He will save
you” (Prov. 20:22). How wonderful to
see the Lord rescue us and bless us with
His favor! When we do things our way,
in our own hurried time, we end up de-
feated. But when we wait on God and
obey His commands, He ensures our vic-
tory and keeps us from foolish and pre-
cipitous acts.
In this hurry- up world, wait-
ing for anything can cause us
to lose our temper and our
good sense—more frequently than we
care to admit! No one enjoys waiting in
line. We don’t like waiting at stoplights.
We don’t like waiting for dinner. We
don’t even like waiting for good things,
like for fish to bite. We want what we
want right now.
Yet the Word of God insists that we
learn some of life’s greatest lessons while
we wait. Waiting rooms can be hard
classrooms, but God promises vast re-
wards to those who wait for Him. God
plans to use the long pauses in our lives
for our blessing . . . if we let Him.
Why does God so often ask us to
wait? Let’s consider five major rewards of
waiting.
1. We discover God’s will.
“The LORD is good to those who wait
for Him, to the person who seeks Him”
(Lam. 3:25). God does not allow delays
in giving us the desire of our hearts to lead
us along. Rather, we know that even as we
wait, He is working all things together for
our good and His glory (Rom. 8:28). Yet
as we eagerly anticipate His provision, we
must keep our eyes on Him—listening for
His voice and direction. In that way, we
learn to do His will, and our relationship
with Him grows deeper.
4. We see the fulfillment of our faith.
“Those who hopefully wait for Me
will not be put to shame” (Is. 49:23). In
the end, we’ll never feel embarrassed for
waiting on God; it’s always the smart
thing to do. Although others may en-
courage us to forge ahead instead of
waiting on the Lord, we must remember
that He is the only One who can truly
help us and that He will never let us
down. And when we trust Him and
obey, surely we will see the fulfillment of
every hope we’ve entrusted to Him.
5. We see God working on our behalf.
Isaiah spoke of the God “who acts in
behalf of the one who waits for Him”
(64:4). What a wonderful promise! While
we actively wait, He actively works. Think
of this: every single day, we have the
greatest Mediator working on our behalf.
Even when things seem to go wrong, He
is making sure that everything works ac-
cording to His purpose.
Although waiting can be one of the
more difficult things in the Christian life,
it is not wasted time. God gives us in-
structions through periods of actively
waiting. He may change our circum-
stances while we wait. He keeps us in
step with Himself and prepares us for His
answers. He uses the time to sift our mo-
tives and strengthen our faith. And when
we choose to wait, God rewards us with
blessings both large and unexpected.
Think of waiting on God as some-
thing like planting a garden. You put a
seed under the soil and water it. And
then you wait.
And wait.
And wait.
After the sun and rain nourish the
earth, the seeds begin to grow; and one
day, finally, you begin to see evidence of
what you’ve planted. Now, suppose you
had grown impatient and dug up your
seeds because nothing seemed to be
happening. You would have ruined your
garden.
Remember, some fruit takes a long
time to mature—and the One who wants
to bring it forth in our lives knows ex-
actly how long we need to wait. There-
fore, trust Him and be patient, because
He is producing the most wonderful and
precious fruit that you could ever hope
for or imagine
# posted by Groseys messages @ 6:21 PM 
