"Ugh, my legs are shaking. Another stressful day at work, and I've been unable to catch the bus home for over two hours now. I've been stuck in the same spot, waiting. I'm exhausted, hungry, and too tired to talk.
What's funny is that I stopped to use the restroom by the mall while heading to the park. Imagine if I hadn't done that and spent two hours waiting for a ride on a journey that should only take an hour and a half! It's almost the end of the year, and I thought traffic would be lighter, but no, it seems to have gotten worse coupled with the hours I spent waiting for the bus, there was still traffic. I've never had such a hard time finding a bus before. All I could see were cars going a quarter of the distance I needed to go. I knew that at this rate, I was going to end up paying more than I expected.
I kept mumbling some words of prayer, and then, to the glory of God, a car came by, heading halfway to my destination. I hopped in. When I got in, the driver said he was going to my location, and he called some others because he thought he wouldn’t find passengers at that time.
In those waiting seasons, what do you do? Do all the options seem like the right choice just to get out of that season?
Maybe the answers we’re looking for won’t come the way we expect.
Maybe God is teaching us to take our eyes off the challenge for a while and see how we can find the same answers through a different channel. Yeah, maybe God is teaching us something, and everything will turn out well in His way and in His time.
Romans 8:28 (NIV): "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."
God decided when to create us and when to bring us into the world. He decides where He takes believers at each point in time based on our obedience to His instructions. Jeremiah 29:11: "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future."
That means, based on His word, He will never take us to a place where we will be frustrated. The waiting might be tiring, and it may feel like nothing is happening, but we don’t need to understand how He will bring the blessings we desire. We just need to trust the process and His ability to make it happen."
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