One of the hardest things to do is to wait. Even the most faithful men/women may fail at this…

I’m nearing 50 and in some sense, I’m still waiting. I’m waiting for God to break through in my personal life, in my family, and in my church. There is a vision of what they could be and I’m not there yet and we are not there yet. And sometimes I wonder if we will ever get there. So I wait. But the temptation is either to exit the race or to attempt something totally new just to break the mold.

Abraham is definitely one of the greatest persons in the Bible. And yet even he had a hard time waiting also. When God promised a son, but didn’t tell him how long he had to wait (ended up being 25 years), Abraham compromises. He has a son through his servant girl to perhaps “help” God fulfill His promise made to him earlier. But that was not to be, and he was made to wait 13 more years to have his true son in Isaac.

Most of Christian life is waiting. Waiting for God’s promises to be fulfilled. But they won’t be fulfilled completely until Jesus comes back, which may or may not happen in our life time.

But one thing is for sure. If He doesn’t come down to see us (the second coming), we will go up to Him to see Him (our death).

Either way, we have to wait.

Don’t expect this life to bring you utter fulfillment of all that you wish and dream. It won’t.

But joyfully wait knowing that it will be fulfilled.

PH