Wait

God would just text you and tell you exactly what to do and right now.  Wouldn’t that be nice!  I can’t tell you how many times in my life I just needed Him to text me!  But, you find yourself waiting with pressure mounting as you feel that something needs to be done but you just don’t know what to do yet.  So, you are still praying, still reading your Bible, still listening to Godly counsel, and still waiting!  In our microwave society we tend to feel like something needs to happen and right now.  We are so impatient; we get anxious or nervous or frustrated.  The pressure continues to mount with something “pending” and not having what we need to “fix” it.  God’s response, “Be still, and know that I am God!  Wait patiently and rest in Me!  I’ve got this!”

^“Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.”  Psalm 37:7 KJV

God has a different time table than we do.  Sometimes God says wait.  You may be thinking, “But, I need to do something!”  The job He has given you right then is to wait.  While you are waiting, stop and smell the coffee.  Give yourself a chance to slow down, be grateful for your many blessing, and be in the moment.  What you need to remember about His timing – it is ALWAYS PERFECT!  Let’s take a look at Daniel and a time in his life when he waited in prayer for his people.

Daniel and his people had been oppressed and in turmoil for about 70 years due to sin and rebellion.  He went to bat for his people and did a bold thing.  He sat himself down and continuously prayed for his people for 21 days.  He prayed for them asking for their forgiveness and an end to their oppression.  During this time, he ate no pleasant bread, meat, had no wine, and did not anoint himself.  For 21 days he mourned, fasted, and waited with no response.

“² In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.  ³ I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.”  Daniel 10:2-3 KJV

Then came day 22.  An angel of the Lord came to visit him.

^“5 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz:  ⁶ His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.”  Daniel 10:5-6 KJV

The angel even explained why there was a delay in his coming before answering Daniel’s plea for help for his people.

^“12 Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.  ¹³ But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.  ¹⁴ Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days.”  Daniel 10:12-14 KJV

Whoa!  The first day that Daniel prayed the angel was sent.  But, he encountered resistance along the way.  The evil spirit that was over the kingdom of Persia tried to block his way and prevent him from completing his job and delivering his message.  There was literally a spiritual battle taking place.  In fact, God had to send reinforcements – the angel Michael.  So, for 21 days a spiritual battle was raging and Daniel was waiting.  Daniel, I’m sure at some point in time, had to think that his prayers were not being heard.  He had 21 days of fasting, mourning, and no response.  Do you think you would have lasted that long or would you have taken matters into your own hands?  But, while Daniel was waiting, God was working.

When you are faced with your fork in the road, don’t be in such a big hurry to make something happen that you charge ahead before it’s time.  If you do that, you run the risk of messing up what God is working on.  While we wait on God’s perfect timing, it is time for us to stay tuned into God.  Rest in the fact that while you are waiting, God is working.

^“Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.”  Psalm 37:7 KJV

Here is the best part about waiting!  While you are waiting, God is already working on your behalf!  He is setting the stage.  He is gathering all the key people to fill all the necessary roles.  He is fighting the spiritual battle for you.  He may even be calling in reinforcements.  He is arranging everything!  Now, you can’t see what is going on backstage and may be getting impatient.  But don’t!  He is orchestrating and directing one of the greatest shows of your life – one worth waiting for!  So pray, listen, read your Bible, get Godly counsel, give your situation to God, rest in Him, be grateful and stop and smell the coffee.  Release it into God’s hands and stay in tune with Him.  This is your Brewing Ground!  When His perfect timing has arrived, He will open a door or whisper to your heart the next step.  Just rest in God and patiently wait.  It is a show worth waiting for!

Let’s Brew – Patiently!