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Wait! It is
a simple command but hard to follow. Due to the advancement of technology, we
don’t have to wait a long time to get things done. Years ago, it will take two
weeks for a letter to be delivered through the post office, today we have the
internet, mobile phones, and social media to help us send messages within a
short time. People in today’s world do not like to wait. No! They will not wait
for minutes for a meal, or stand in a queue for some few minutes, or even wait
in line for a bus. We are in a hurry for everything and we just hate to wait.
However, we
cannot treat God with this same attitude. We cannot make Him do things in a
hurry. When we put our request before Him in prayer, we need to wait for the
answers to our requests. Some people call this ‘waiting period’ delay. But God
doesn’t delay, we need to learn how to wait. It is a sin to think that God who
created the whole world in six days and it beauty will delay when He needs to
act.
According to
the Nelson’s Bible Dictionary, WAIT: “To
remain in readiness or expectation. In Scripture, the word wait normally
suggests the anxious, yet confident, expectation by God's people that the Lord
will intervene on their behalf. Such waiting may be for answers to prayer
(Psalm 25:5), for the coming of the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:4), for salvation
(Genesis 49:18), or especially for the coming of the Messiah to bring salvation
to His people and to establish His kingdom on earth (Psalm 37:34; Luke 12:36;
Romans 8:23; 1 Thessalonians 1:10). Waiting, therefore, is the working out of
hope.”
Some believe
that “waiting periods” are actually God saying no to their request or that they
are been punished.
2 Peter3:9 “The Lord is
not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but He is
longsuffering toward us.”
In some
churches, they pray against the spirit of delay. But in the Holy Bible, there
is no such thing as a spirit of delay. It is rather the spirit of impatience.
We are impatient with God. Answers to our prayers may be hindered by unseen
obstacles. Don’t expect God’s answers to come too easily or too quickly. Prayer
may be challenged by evil forces, so pray fervently and earnestly (Daniel
10:11-14).
We find many
people who had to wait on the Lord, just as believers today must wait patiently
for the return Christ’s return.
- Abraham the father of faith had to wait 25 years
for the promised son, Isaac. (Genesis 21:1)
- Prophet Simeon waited for the Messiah to come and
rescue Israel. (Luke 2:25-32)
- Zechariah and Elizabeth waited for several years
for the birth of John the Baptist. (Luke 1:5-13).
- Joseph waited 13 years for his dreams to be
fulfilled. (Genesis 42:9)
- David waited for 13 years to be king of Israel.
(2 Samuel 5:1-3).
- Moses waited on God for 40 days and night.
(Exodus 24:12).
Wait on the
Lord. Trust that God promises to you will be fulfilled in this life and in the
life to come. Whatever your petitions may be, marriage, business, job, travel,
child birth, finance, health, wisdom, grace, and favor wait on God.
“But those who wait on
the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like
eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.” –
Isaiah 40:31
By: Samuel
Mantey
Twitter:
@SamuelMantey
Email:
Samuelmantey@gmail.com
