Airports, doctor’s offices, the DMV, dreams, hopes, and desires…what do these things all have in common? Waiting. Is waiting an act of doing nothing? Not if you’re waiting in active faith! You may be still but you are still advancing with each passing moment. The actual definition of waiting means, “The act of being inactive.” But I want to say that with God and in faith your spirit is more active than ever. You are actively exercising faith in the unseen which often is more strenuous than the activity that comes at the end of your wait.
The temptation to give up while waiting can be overwhelming. It is like when you arrive at a place with a waiting line so long that you have to “take a number”— you know that it’s bound to be a long wait. But each number called is a number closer to the one you have. There have been a couple of times that I’ve given up and left before having my number called and I always end up wishing that I’d just waited a bit longer and not wasted my waiting.
If you are in the process of waiting then remember that you are moving forward even in your act of being physically still. Each moment you are getting closer to the fulfillment of your divine appointment. There is movement, there is activity in the realm of time and there is great activity in the spirit realm as you exercise faith, hope, and trust.
This is for you who are waiting:
I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.
Psalm 27:13-14
