Excitement is what I consist of most of the time these days. I find myself anticipating the end of the week or month because that only means I’m closer to the Race. I’m counting down the days and I cannot contain myself! Next year is going to probably be the best year of my life! Sure, there will be many challenges and it will also be the hardest and most challenging years of my life but I can’t wait for it!
I’m on the edge of my seat and so very often find myself wishing the days away.
But that’s not how it should be.
I shouldn’t be wishing the days away until I can serve for a year all over the world, I should be making the most of the 8 months I have left in the states before the race.
I should be seeking every opportunity to share the love of Christ and bring glory to His name. At work, in church, at the grocery store, on a walk….wherever I am.
The Lord asked me to go but he also asked me to wait, I still have 8 months left before I leave and I don’t want that time to go to waste. I want to make the most of every moment that He has given me here in my town, at my job, in my church, on my street… Because that’s exactly what I’ll be doing next year and if I can’t do it here at home then I certainly cannot do it in another country.
So, I’m learning to master the art of waiting. It’s hard, very hard sometimes. But God has called me to this. He called me to the Race but for the next 8 months, my job is to wait. Wait on Him. What does it mean to wait? Just like a waiter waits on his customers and serves them, I am to wait on the Lord; to serve Him. I need to be waiting while I wait.
This isn’t easy. I don’t like to wait, which is what I’ve been doing. But I sure do enjoy waiting on the Lord. And that will make these next 8 months a sweet, sweet time. I can’t wait to see what the Lord has in store for this season of life!
What will you do while you wait?
Ecclesiastes 9:10 “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might.”
2 Corinthians 5:9 “So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please Him.”
