We try to be productive while we wait, just to occupy our minds. We pray and ask for God’s guidance..and often some clue if we are on the right track. Still we don’t see anything moving forward and it feels like nothing is happening.
THINGS ARE STILL MOVING
But just because we can’t see any forward progress does not mean something isn’t in motion. Even the tiny seed we’ve planted in the soil must still change in hidden ways before it pokes its tiny head through. Growth precedes visibility! God often works during these seasons in our lives in what might also be called “hidden ways”. He isn’t yet ready to reveal his answer (or solution).
There may be a lesson he wants us to learn, or see our faithfulness mature before we see the fruit. Harvest time does come, but in God’s time, not ours. Even Biblical Joseph waited…for years… to see why God had called him to this place —prison, far from home and certainly not welcoming like his home had been (minus the jealousy of his brothers!) But God did answer, in just the perfect time and Joseph ended up not in a prison, but in a palace, with much authority!
EVERYONE WAITS FOR SOMETHING
Again, however, like Joseph, we are forced to wait, and often we become discouraged and begin to question if an answer will ever be revealed. So we begin comparing our journey with others who’ve gone through similar circumstances. But each of our journeys are unique.
Yes, there are bound to be similarities, but as God’s chosen children we each have our own path to follow. The calling on our lives are unique to each of us. Our lessons, interactions with other people, education, interests, background, and everything about us is directed to what God wants from our lives.
DISCOURAGEMENT SETS IN
But as discouragement sets in, we lose motivation and find other ways to fill our days. We stop studying (whether it’s the Bible or literal classes we might be taking), we stop praying because we wonder, ‘what’s the use?’, we fall into a hole of despair which opens the door for Satan to further unnerve us, drawing us even farther away from the God who loves us.
We forget that God is all knowing. He can see the beginning from the end. He knows where we’ve been, and where we are going. But we must be willing to wait and put in the effort to get there. It means crying out to God sincerely and allow him to work in and through us.
WE DON'T WALK OUR JOURNEY ALONE
We need to remember, that even when we can’t see immediate answers, we don’t have to walk this journey alone or in our own strength.There is purpose for the delay, one we may or may not ever know.
We must not give up or quit. There is reward in ‘due season.’ We can know waiting isn’t a passive exercise, but a place where God can renew us. God in his infinite wisdom will not fail us. He will sustain us in this process and promised to give us His strength to carry us through. “Those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength.” — Isaiah 40:31
We can do this!
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