Waiting is hard. It is mysterious. It is an often-uncomfortable space between what we knew, had, and lost to what we have no idea is coming.
We do not usually volunteer to be in a place of waiting. Especially when it is long and protracted – and there seems to be no end in sight.
Waiting often involves grieving. It involves letting go and mourning what was lost. A loved one. Health. Financial security. A significant relationship. A sense of security about life…
Waiting also involves anticipation. A hope that what is next will take us to a better place physically, emotionally, and spiritually. A hope that God is taking us to a higher level than what came before.
If we remain hopeful that God has great plans for us, we look forward to the “something new.”
“Behold (Take notice in awe)! I AM doing a new thing!
Now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” Isaiah 43:19
Sometimes waiting is the best place to find God. It is that space between what I can do for myself and what only God can do for me.
Waiting makes me realize this.
It is that beautiful mysterious space that reveals my vulnerabilities, challenges, and weaknesses, and allows me to place them at the feet of my Compassionate Savior.
Waiting is that safe place where I can reveal all of myself and know that those things I have previously chosen to hide, are safe in His Care.
The choice is mine. Will I wait in fear, dreading the worse possible outcome?
Or will I wait with joyful anticipation? Thanking God for working all things out for my good and His Glory.
Even if my outcome does not look like I imagined, I will remember, “All things work together for good for those who love God who are called according to His purpose.” Romans 8:28
God is working things out in the big picture of my life, not in the momentary snapshots in time.
My life is an unfolding journey, already known to the Lord.
He is weaving my purpose into all my life’s twists and turns. Allowing the struggles and joys of my life, the starts and stops, the yeses and no’s, the closed doors and open windows, the moving forward and the waiting – to write my unique story.
When I have come to the end of my ability, I tap into the Omnipotent, Omniscient, Omnipresent Capability of God.
And Waiting is a powerful instrument of God to get me there.
He invites me to look up and look beyond what I now see.
Beyond the loss, confusion, and mystery.
I will find God.
God is always working.
Even in the shadows.
Even in the waiting.
