Waiting

What does God teach us in the waiting?

1. To be patient
2. To quiet your heart
3. Gentleness
4. To hear God
5. To not get ahead of God
6. To learn how to strategize 
7. To grow your faith
8. To learn how to help others as you wait
9. To occupy
10. To believe God and trust His heart
11. Submission
12. To be more concerned for others
13. To grow in love
14. Obedience
15. Peace
16. A different view or viewpoint
17. Joy
18. Self-control and dying to self
19. Fruitfulness
20. Growth
21. To keep in step with the Spirit of God

I’ve been in many waiting rooms. It’s not particularly fun. It has certainly stretched me! Today, I read about Saul not waiting for Samuel to come make a sacrifice—he unlawfully made the sacrifice himself. His act of impatience cost him the kingdom. 

What has my impatience cost me? Mostly, growth in obedience. A lot of times, peace—because my heart stays all stirred up. Sometimes, a place of usefulness in the kingdom of God because I refuse to submit. 

What have I learned in the waiting?  That God’s way is best—and worth waiting for. 

What have you learned in the waiting?