Waiting
for something to happen, or for something to change. Waiting for that
girlfriend, that husband, that relationship. Waiting for the phone to
ring, the question to be asked, that person to notice. Looking ahead at
the future and waiting for what’s to come. Longing, hoping, dreaming and
wishing. And while you sit around and
wait, life passes you by.
Maybe
you feel like one of those people stuck in the waiting place. There may
be something you have been longing for or something you have asked God for that
has not yet been fulfilled.
You may be so fixated on what it is that you are
waiting on, that you have lost your desire for what IS - here and now. You’ve stopped living in the moment.
Jim
Elliot says it like this, “Don’t let your longing kill the hunger of your
living”.
For
many of us, our longings can kill our desire for life. Our longings can
trump our reason for being. The waiting game turns out to be a very
dangerous thing - slowly corroding our desire toward life. But for those who
put their hope in the Lord, the waiting game doesn’t have to be a waste of
time. Instead, it can be an opportunity to keep living life, “while you
wait”. Here’s how:
CONNECT WITH GOD
God
promises that He can be trusted, no matter what it is that you are waiting
on. He promises to be the hope for anyone who finds themselves
waiting. At the end of your longings and desires, He is there - ready to
satisfy and meet every one of those desires with Himself. He wants to
open your eyes to the life He has given you and His role in it.
No
matter what it is you are waiting for, God can give you the grace to see the
Hope that you have in Him. Use this time as an opportunity to connect
with Him in even deeper and more intimate ways than ever before. It’s only when
you take your eyes off of what you want, that God can begin to reveal to you
what you really need. And like I always say, when you’re running toward God,
you will always be moving in the right direction.
CONNECT WITH THE MOMENT
Don’t
stop living in your season of waiting. Life is happening all around you,
right here and right now. God wants you to enjoy the moment, to embrace the
present, and to live in the moment. He wants to open your eyes to the
life you’ve been given, because the present is the only thing in life that is
actually guaranteed.
Rather
than fixating on what you don’t have, take the time to really think through
what you do have. Life is full of blessings, joys, and special moments
for those who take the time to look for them. The people
who possess the most joy in life are not those who have what they want, but
those who want what they have. Ask God to open your eyes to the
things you’ve been given.
This
time of waiting can be a useless and discouraging place if you allow it to
be. But it can also be a time of hope, joy, excitement, purpose, intimacy
and contentment with God and the people he’s placed in your life.
It
is up to you and you alone to choose how you will wait. Stop waiting, and start
living.
Jesus
loves you.
Be
Inspired!
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