At training camp, we were introduced to a song and the chorusish part goes like this:
“I will wait on You as long as You need me to.
Strength will rise up in me.”
This is telling God that we will wait on Him and while we are waiting on Him to move, strength and faith will rise up in our life. We will be made stronger by waiting on Him. There’s a lot of truth in that phrase when you consider it from that perspective.
However, during training camp and again during debrief when we were singing this song, God told me to consider it from His perspective.
How often is God waiting on US? Whether it’s us finally gathering up the strength to say something that He’s calling us to say or whether we’ve been running from Him for so long and He’s just wanting us to turn back to Him. I don’t know about you, but there have been a couple of times in my life where God has had to wait on me.
There was a time when I was running from God and the calling He had placed on my life. That time span was four years. Every time I sing that song, I’m reminded of that time and that joy I felt when I finally turned back to Him. I feel shame when I think of that, but also joy and wonder. God waited for me for four years and He never gave up on me. He knew that I needed Him and that He would have to wait. It’s so amazing to me that the God who created me doesn’t give up whenever I turn from Him. He understands why I run and He has so much patience. And every time I turn back to Him, He welcomes me back with open arms.
Unfortunately, God has had to wait on me this past month. I’ve been so wrapped up in either doing ministry or resting that I haven’t been focusing on my relationship with Him which is probably why I have been feeling useless. I’ve prayed occasionally but I haven’t dived into the Bible like I should have. Luckily, I serve a patient God who showed me this week that if I come to Him, He will give me rest.
Have you ever felt like God was waiting on you? Did He have to wait on you a while like He did for me?
