“One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple…Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait upon the Lord.”   (Psalm 27:4, 14)

Yes, we are ready to go!  Like a soldier fully armed, locked and loaded, we are ready to deploy into the field of Mission work.  And God says, “Wait!”  I ask, “For how long?”  There is silence!

Waiting for the Lord is one of the hardest calls and disciplines in a Believers life, especially when you are given a ministry that is all about going!  It’s often a mystery how God works.  I had a friend once tell me the mystery of how God works is somewhat of an attractant because of the mystery of what might happen next.  I don’t much agree with that!  For me, if something isn’t happening, I move on!

Waiting isn’t as much about “why” or “what” as it is about “being”.  In the past 8-10 weeks, God has delivered verse after verse about waiting on the Lord to me personally.  I even taught a Bible Study on it because it was so fresh.  Little did I know…6 weeks later…I am still waiting!

I am learning that “waiting” is not at all sitting parked somewhere with hands in your lap.  Waiting is a verb!  It requires activity, much of it being found in the heart, mind and soul.  When I am waiting, I find myself in more warfare over my will than any other time.  It’s amazing what I try and tell myself or justify as a new action…even spiritualizing my strategy to be fruitful while I am waiting!  After all, God doesn’t just want me sitting around!  Right?

What if the word “waiting” meant “dwell here”?  Would it mean more?  Add the words, “Just be my child and dwell here.”  Does that change anything?  I am learning…the hard way…waiting is a discipline God uses to cause me to just be his child…nothing else…but just being his child.  I am a do’er for sure and that will eventually lead me to works without faith…been there soooooo many times.

There is so much more to “waiting” but I believe “being” is the first activity that is necessary to be able to see more and even marvel at what God is doing while you are waiting.  If I can just get myself to simply “being” a child of God (Verse 5), waiting wouldn’t be so bad!