THOUGHTS ABOUT WAITING

'And we know God works all things out for the good of those who love Him...' Romans 8:28

Everyone of us has an area we struggle with but God is using that exact area to build our character. For me, the areas I struggle with are about comparison with others and patience. Especially in the area of childbearing, waiting had never been easy. Unfortunately there was nothing in our growing up years that could prepare us for this. At least in marital issues we had our parents as a model, be it good or bad. But nobody told us that there might be struggles in childbearing. We assumed that it was a natural course of life. After marriage the kids should come right? 

But what if they don't come at the time we want them to? What do we do in the meantime while we wait? Waiting can be a minefield filled with bombs to destroy us or it can be a time of rest and preparation. Still, the struggles are very real. Like how to handle the disappointment month after month while we watch our peers giving birth one after another. Nope, the school didn't teach us these life lessons and many of us may not have mentors or people in our life to preempt us about such things. 

But I know a place that teaches all these. It's the bible. Yes, the answer can only be found in God's word and His presence. It's the only place we can make sense of the senseless pain we face. It's the only place we can find comfort and refuge. The only place we know that all is well with us and even if not, God will make all things work for our good eventually. All we have to do is to trust Him. It's an open door, an invitation to a journey, an adventure of your life. But we won't always know what is ahead or whether our prayers will be answered soon enough.

All we can be sure is that the end outcome will be good. At the end of the journey we will find that we have gained more than what we ask for at the beginning. We may be driven to seek God out of desperation initially because of the persistent heartaches in the area of our struggles but an answered prayer will not just be what we get at the end. It will be so much more. We will find that our gain is far greater than we ever imagine. 

During the waiting journey, God will cause our character to be built up and our strongholds to be destroyed.  The enemy we see today will never be seen in future. God will give us victory over the areas we used to struggle with. In addition to giving us our heart's desire, He also changes us, changes our way of thinking so that we will not be at the mercy of those hot buttons which our enemy pushed at will before. He does this so that we can enjoy our answered prayer more when it comes. Isn't God good?