Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord Psalm 27:14.
Waiting is something most of us do not like to do. We want everything to be instantaneous, but something needs to be waited on to get the best out of it.
The more mature you become in the relationship with the Father, waiting becomes no problem. Our heavenly Father knows there is a value in our learning to wait on Him, so He allows us to be placed in situations where we have no choice but to wait.
Waiting can be painful when we are not sure of the outcome. But we must remember we’re not waiting simply for an outcome; we’re waiting on the Lord. Waiting on Him, no matter how long the process seems to take, will have the best results.
Abraham and Sarah didn’t want to wait on God to fulfill His promise, so they decided to assist God. Abraham conceived a son by Sarah’s handmaid, Hagar. Ishmael, when he got older begin to taunt Abraham’s and Sarah’s son, Isaac. Hagar and her son Ishmael were expelled from the camp at Sarah’s request.
Ishmael had to pay the penalty of not being around his father because of his taunting. If Sarah and Abraham had waited on God, Ishmael never would have been born and would not have been separated from his father. Although Ishmael was the firstborn, Isaac would receive the covenant blessing from Abraham’s wife, Sarah.
How many children are without a father in the home because the mother didn’t wait on God to give her a husband? When we don’t wait on God, it not only affects us but also our children and others. Children are a blessing, and God loves you and them whether they were born in marriage or outside of marriage. We want to do it God’s way rather than doing it our way.
When we wait on God, we receive covenant blessings because we have a covenant with God. When we have committed ourselves completely to God, we are in covenant with Him. God will give us blessings above that we can ask or think when we wait on Him.
Our waiting is building our faith and trust in God and His Word. Our waiting helps us submit ourselves to God and to timing. Faith can’t rush God, but it will give us the temperance to wait on God!