Being a Good Wait-er

Our Wednesday night group is working through a series about prayer called The Sacred Echo.  Every one really seems to be enjoying the series.  The first couple of weeks were about hearing God's voice and about how much He loves us.  Pretty good stuff and, for the most part, delightful to the ears. 

The title for our session last night was this:  How long?  Yuck.  Not delightful to the ears; not a cornucopia of  pleasantries.  Waiting is never really much fun. 

Or is it? 

We had some great discussion last night and I think it's too good for us to keep to ourselves.  Here are some things that we talked about; I hope you can put them to use in your life. 

• Everyone waits all of the time; sometimes we wait on small things, sometimes big things, but we are usually waiting for something
• We may not like the wait itself but we like the outcome that God brings when we do wait
• We are never alone in our wait; God is right there waiting with us
• God's Word promises us great things when we wait for Him (Isaiah 64:4, Psalm 40:1, Isaiah 30:18, Isaiah 40:31)

A general consensus among us is that we should learn to be good wait-ers.  In our times of waiting we need agreed that we feel the need to do something and one of the things that we can do is take our time of what seems like passiveness (although if you've been told by God to wait then you are being obedient) and seek Him diligently through prayer, Bible reading, and worship. 

Here's my closing thought for today:  Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my hope is in him. (Psalm 62:5)

I wish you a happy wait.