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WEEKLY BLOG: Waiting??!!??
A group of travelers were being made to wait on their airplane, which was late due to another flight being canceled. The crowd looked horrible and impatient as the time went on and on. Finally an angry passenger pushed his way to the front of the line, slammed his ticket down and said, “I must be on this flight now and I must be in first class”. The flight attendant, trying to be nice said, “Sir, we will get to you as soon as possible, but you must wait in line like everyone else”. He quickly said, “Ma’am, do you have any idea who I am?” Without hesitation, she smiled, picked up her intercom microphone and said, “We have a passenger here at the gate WHO DOES NOT KNOW WHO HE IS. If anyone can help him find his identity, please come to gate 17.” (Couldn't resist..lol)

Part of my devotion this morning says, and I quote, "Instead of yearning for a problem-free life, rejoice that trouble can highlight your awareness of My Presence." Waiting on God and having patience is so hard for us as Christians. 

Ah, patience! We find it in short supply these days. We seek it in the grocery store line, at the ATM, when we hook-up to the Internet, when we are late for class or school or work. (Just a thought...why do we hurry to get to those places but not in a hurry to get to God's house?) We are in such a hurry these days. Why is patience in such short supply? Saul didn’t wait for Samuel to do the Sacrifice; the disciples waited 10 days at Pentecost; Abraham didn’t wait on God for child and made a mess with Hagar; Simeon waited for the Messiah and saw the baby Jesus; Absalom did not wait to be crowned king so he tried to take it by force.

Warren Wiersbe makes the observation, “The ability to calm your soul and wait before God is one of the most difficult things in the Christian life. Our old nature is restless...the world around us is frantically in a hurry. But a restless heart usually leads to a reckless life.”

Henri Nouwen said, “Waiting is a period of learning. The longer we wait, the more we hear about him for whom we are waiting.” Waiting is not a static state, it is a time when God is working behind the scenes, and the primary focus of his work is on us. Every child of God has had to go through times of waiting in their journey of faith. It is a necessary part of the Christian Life. God will not spoil us so we become worthless human beings, by giving us whatever we want the moment we ask. He wants to stretch our faith and grow us into mature believers in times of waiting.

No matter what you are waiting on, take the time to seek God, seek His word and seek His presence. If you would just listen to Him, and Him only, He will guide you into what He has in store. Sometimes we find ourselves surrounded by confusing options, too deeply immersed in our problems to know “which way is up.” When this happens, we too can remain calm, waiting for God’s gentle tug to pull us in the proper direction. Our “life vest” may be Scripture or some other leading from the Holy Spirit, but the key is recognizing our dependency upon God and trusting him.