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I
am not good at waiting. I’m not good
at waiting for people to do things. I’m not good at waiting in line. I’m not
good at waiting to go somewhere. And I’m especially not good at waiting for God
to answer me or follow through on a vision He’s given me.
This
has been especially true as He has called me into the different phases of my life
in ministry. When He called me into full-time youth ministry, I had to wait
over a year for my internship to be approved and for my return to school to be
finalized. When He called me to be a mommy, I had to wait several years before
becoming pregnant. (Being a parent is a
ministry… we are raising warriors for the Kingdom of God. That’s a ministry.) My
first child spent the first year of his life throwing up all day every day.
That coupled with the fact that after I deliver a baby I get high blood
pressure that lasts for months, made me have to pull out of youth ministry. And
so began the wait for my next phase of ministry.
For
the last year, God has been tugging at my heart telling me that He wants to use
me again. But I have had no clear cut direction as to how He was going to do
that. So I wait. And I wait knowing that whatever that means, it will be good.
But this morning, I am overwhelmed with uncomfortableness
as I wait… perhaps because He wanted me to share this with you.
Jeremiah
29:11 keeps racing through my mind this morning, “For I know
the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to
prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
As
I wait in my impatience, I know that His timing is perfect. If I redirect my
focus on what I am doing right now, He will use me in this moment while I wait
for the next big thing. Because He is good, I will wait.
What
are you waiting for? Do you trust that His plan and His timing are perfect?
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