Waiting...
““Wait, that I may hear what the LORD will command...””
Caleb and me waiting to see a lightening strike in the Grand Canyon (North Rim)
Did it ever occur to you that God is not in a hurry? Or at least not in "your" hurry?
Sometimes God isn't all that interested in giving me His command or direction with immediacy. Most of the training I have received as a Christian points to a false reality that if I put myself in the proper position and posture, then his direction, command or insight will come immediately. The thinking goes this way: If I can tune myself to God the way I think I should through right prayer, obedience, and lifestyle, then there will be an immediacy to what I hear from Him.
It is a false assumption. It just might be that God is not in a hurry. It just might be that he wants me to hear silence.
There is a time when hearing from God and acting is just what is needed to grow my faith. I am finding, in this period of my life, that waiting actually grows my faith more profoundly. God knows that if He speaks quickly to me, I will act. Now the question is what I will do when met with silence. Will I still depend? Will I wait?
This is a reminder to me that God isn't in the happiness business. He is in the faith growing business and sometimes faith is best grown through His silence and my waiting.
So I wait...
