Waiting

​Who likes to wait on an answer, a diagnosis, or something you order online? if your honest with yourself, no one likes to wait.  We live in a world today where we don’t have to wait. We can have things overnighted to our house and we can get on our phones and have an answer within seconds. I remember when I was a child and had to wait until the following week to see what happen on MacGyver, these days you don’t even have to do that.
 
Seventeen years ago, my third daughter was born. We were looking at her through the window while she laid in the nursery. Then I noticed she started to turn blue because she was not breathing. The nurse was tending to another baby in the room and didn’t notice. So, I did what any Dad would have done. I took my fist and hit the window as hard as I could to get the nurses attention. Well not only did I get her attention, my daughter jumped and started breathing again. The nurse came over and thought I had lost my mind, but I picked up the phone and told her what was going on. The next thing you know there were doctors looking over her and they decided to take her to the NICU. As they wheeled her over there, they sat me in this little room while the doctors did their Job. I remember sitting in this room and wanting answers and I didn’t want to wait on anything. I needed to know what was going on, now. It was driving me crazy because five minutes felt like thirty. Then the door opened, and I was like great I’m getting answers, but it was a friend of mine from church. I thought I don’t want to see you, I want to see my daughter. I remember him telling me to sit and try to relax. He said, “look your daughter is in good hands.” I told him I needed answers, and no one is giving them to me. I was about to walk out and find my own answers and that’s when the door opened, and it was the doctor. He told me she was ok, and they were going to monitor her overnight. I remember my friend saying “see she is ok and you were about to make a fool out of yourself.”
 
Don’t we do this with God? We don’t get the answer when we want them so we go find the answers, which we think is the answer. Then what kind of mess have we created because we didn’t want to wait. As humans, we are so impatient. We know what we want, and we know exactly when we want it: RIGHT NOW! But, God knows better. He has created a world that unfolds according to His own timetable, not ours. As Christians, we must be patient as we wait for God to show us the wonderful plans that He has in place 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 blessings than we can count.
 
Grass that is here today and gone tomorrow does not require much time to mature. A big oak tree that last for generations requires much more time to grow and mature. God is concerned about your life through eternity. Allow Him to take all the time He needs to shape you for His purpose.