God, I'm Tired of Waiting!

Then the word of the Lord came to him: “This man will not be your heir, but a son who is your own flesh and blood will be your heir.” He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness. (Genesis 15:4-6)

This is for the ones who are tired of waiting on God. Maybe God has told you you're going to start a business or go into ministry. Well, I'll preface all of my points with this, waiting on God is not laziness. If He's told you you're going to start a business, start studying, start researching, start praying, do what you can do but don't launch out before His timing. If He's told you you're going to start a ministry but you don't even see a hint of the manifestation of that promise, wait. Waiting doesn’t mean doing nothing. Be faithful in prayer, be disciplined in your study of the Word and in your devotion life, let God prune you so you don't ruin that ministry once He gives it to you.

Essentially what I'm saying is, “Wait, but while you're waiting, prepare!” Abraham didn't see his promise until he was a hundred years old! Meanwhile we're twenty-five and mad at God because we don't have a man. Can I get an amen? Getting frustrated is not going to make the appointed time for your promise come any faster.

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens. (Eccl 3:1)

Until the time comes for that season of our lives, we have to wait or just like Abraham and Sarah, we could end up with an Ishmael that we created in our impatience. And I'm not just talking about a relationship. You can have an Ishmael business, an Ishmael friendship, an Ishmael ministry! Whatever you create in your flesh, that's an Ishmael/counterfeit and it won't take you into the promise of God. And you'll know it's not God because you will have to strive hard to make it work.

We do things in our flesh and then blame God when they don't work out. God, how could you let my marriage fail? God, how could you let my business tank? Meanwhile God is saying, “I never told you to start that business in the first place!” “Your ex didn't even know Me! I certainly didn't tell you to marry Him”. You don’t just have to believe the promise, you also have to follow God's timing for that promise. Abraham didn't see his promise until he was 100! Your promise is for an appointed time. WAIT on God's timing. The wait is not a punishment. He is preparing you to handle what He's going to entrust to you so you don't ruin it once you do get it.

In the meantime, hang in there. There is fulfillment on the other side of your patience. Not a precarious "fulfillment" that is solely dependent on you to achieve and maintain but an authentic realization of God’s plan in God’s timing. A position that He can and will maintain because it was done by Him, through Him and for Him! There is a process to every promise. You can’t fast track it. You have to walk by faith, walk in obedience and let God handle the rest. He's more than able.

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