Waiting

Waiting

I remember one day getting home from work and we just finished our pool at our house.  It was that time a year where it was warm outside but the water was still cold.  I remember our daughter saying dad can I go swimming and me saying the water is to cold. I told her she needed to wait. She kept saying dad the water is warm and I will be fine and I kept saying wait.  So her mother and I went outside with her, I said feel the water. She felt the water and said dad it’s not the cold. I said to her if you jump in it will take your breath away and you will not be able to swim. So she kept on about it. So I said ok if you won’t listen to me go ahead and jump in. I told her to jump in close to the side because I knew what was about to happen. Well she jumped in but jumped a little far out and came up for air but could not reach the side. Her little body froze up and went to the bottom. She I jumped in with phone clothes and all. I got to her and brought her to the side. Her mom grabbed her and wrapped her up with a towel. She looked at me and said dad you were right. I wanted to say I know but I didn’t. I looked at her and said this is why you need to listen to dad and learn to wait. This sounds like us as adults God says wait and we don’t and we jump in and then God has to come get us. I continue to learn this Dailey as I go through change in my life right now. 

This brings me to Lamentations 3:25-26 “The lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks Him. It is good that one should hope and wait quietly for the salvation of the lord.”

We human beings are so impatient. We know what we want, and we know exactly when we want it: RIGHT NOW!! Sometimes this is what we think we want!! But, God knows better. He has created a world that unfolds according to his timetable, not ours. As Christians, we must be patient as we wait for God to show us the wonderful plans that he has in store for us. And while we’re waiting for God to make his plans clear, let’s keep praying and keep giving thanks to the one who has given us more blessing than we can count.  We should keep the hope and continue to pray for what we want even though there might be some things that might look like it will never happen. We don’t know the future on God knows, but this is why we wait and pray. Don’t look at the things that are in place right now as an obstacle look at it as what is God teaching you about waiting.