Learning To Wait On The Lord
Do you remember the old photo booths that used to be in stores and shopping centers? You could get in the booth with a friend, get in the right position, check your image on the screen, insert some coins, and get ready for the pictures.
SNAP! Change positions quickly and SNAP! Change once more and another SNAP! You move rapidly to a new pose and hear the final SNAP! Four poses and four pictures. Then comes the hard part. You step out of the booth to wait for that little strip of pictures to drop through the slot and into the wire pocket on the side of the booth.
It was always fun to get the photos taken, but waiting for the developed shots wasn\’t so much fun. It really didn\’t take that long, but it felt like forever.
This can actually be pretty relevant in life. For me, when things seem to be going fine and my life is moving ahead rather quickly, I feel God telling me to slow down and wait. I want to keep moving or do something new, but God tells me not to. That\’s not what I want to hear in those situations. I want things to be done in my own timing and when opportunities seem to arise I want to move ahead on them while they are still there.
During my lifetime I have had to learn some difficult lessons. I\’ve learned that there will be many times when I want God to answer my prayers right away with the timing that I think is appropriate, but He decides to have me wait on His timing. In these situations I need to stop looking at my own wants and desires, and instead I need to focus on Him, with understanding that He knows what is best.
Because He is faithful, I can wait knowing that in His own time and His own way, He will accomplish what is good. Yes, He will come through for me. Because He is faithful, I can wait.
Lord, during those times when I am struggling to have patience and wait on your timing, give me that patience that I need and help me to understand that you are still in control.
Ann Shorb is a counselor and the founder of CCES. She works with a wide variety of clients and provides counseling services for many different issues.
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