The biggest challenge everyone has is to control themself. It always seems like the others are making strides in life while your own life is moving slowly. One of the biggest lessons I have learnt in life is that the Lord will always seem like He will not show up until He shows up.
The Bible in James 5:7 speaks about the farmer waiting for the fruit of the earth, the early rains and latter rains. Waiting is not sitting and doing nothing.
It is a time of preparation, establishing ourselves. Waiting is also a time of learning the correct habits and perfecting our faith. Everything that God establishes is timeless hence takes time to take root. Resist the temptation to fret over comparisons with peers who may appear to progress rapidly.
According to E.M.Forster, “we must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”
The scriptures teach us the correct posture in waiting:
■ be grateful (in 1 Thessalonians the Bible exhorts us to be thankful). Thank God for the good in your life. Look for the good and be thankful for it.
■ maintain faith in God (Psalm 46:10 says we need to be still)
■ be productive. Be faithful with the talent you have been given. Be faithful with your time and dedicate it to God.
■ be calm (while weeping might endure for a night, joy will come in the morning). There is no problem without a solution.
■ accept that you are not in control of timelines. The Bible encourages us not to worry. Everyone has to wait; it is not just you.
We accelerate by waiting. Isaiah 40 states that those who wait on the Lord will soar on wings like eagles. Worry not while waiting, your wings are around the corner if you do not despair.
■ Grace Mufara is the overseer of the Covenant Apostolic Church in Virginia.
