Faith in Waiting

Our pastor today preached such a timely sermon!

God has those little ways of touching our hearts when we don’t even realize how much they need to be touched, tweaked, and loved on.

Trusting in the wait.

Dan and I both came home thinking “this what we needed to hear.” In the back of my mind, I often feel like we are still waiting – for I honestly don’t know what. I think for too many years, we were waiting in anticipation for what God was going to do. He acted and He acted in an extremely powerful and unimaginable way. Now we are in a quiet time in our life. Not that God is silent – FAR from that. He is showing Himself to us everyday. But God is showing Himself in subtle, quiet ways – not the “loud” ways of before.

That is okay too.

Pastor was saying that God does do the unimaginable so we shouldn’t be surprised. Yet when He does, what is our response? Will we choose to walk in faith or crumble in fear? Will we be patiently waiting in trust, for what is to come? Or try to do it on our own?

Coming out of a time where there was just so much going on physically, spiritually, mentally, and emotionally, and to now have a time of more peace, it can almost come across as a “boring” life. Dan and I will admit this is exactly what we have needed. Not that we aren’t thankful for our past and what God has done for us, in, and through us, but God knew we needed a time of rest. A time to just “be,” to rejuvenate, to replenish, to fill back up. Who knew it would take moving out to Minnesota to find that?

I find myself getting caught up wondering what our life will look like in 5 years. 10 years, 25 years, 50 years. I asked Dan “do you ever feel like we are ever just waiting for who knows what?” Dan put it well – we are always waiting.

For Christians, really, we are always waiting in faith and anticipation for what God has next. God is NEVER done working in our lives. When we think He isn’t working, that is when He throws a curve ball and reminds us Who is in control. Everyday we wake up, we are “waiting” to see what God has in store for the day.

Dan is right. We are always waiting to see what God is calling us to next. Not next in the sense of physical location, next big promotion, next big score on money. No, I am talking about waiting on God. The process of sanctification – learning to be set apart/holy, involves waiting. Trusting that God will continue to lead. Trusting that God will show us His ways. We can’t lean on our own understanding – it will do us no good. As long as we acknowledge Him, it makes this time of wondering what path He has chosen, worth the wait.

We are thankful to be waiting in the sense of LIVING BY FAITH. We are thankful to be in a time of healing. We are thankful for where God has us today.