Wait on the LORD; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the LORD! – Psalm 27:14
It takes a lot of courage to wait. When you are waiting for God to answer a prayer or to help you with a situation, you are tempted to jump ahead of Him and try to work things out yourself because you are getting anxious. You find it hard to wait and want to do something. It has been a year since you were laid off. You have been applying for countless job offers and only got a handful of interviews. Each interview seemed promising but in the end you didn’t get the job. You applied to the colleges of your choice and you are waiting to find out if you were accepted in at least one of them.
You prayed to God for a godly man but you are still waiting. It’s hard to be around your friends who are dating or married. Some of them didn’t have to wait long to meet their special someone. You have been waiting for two years now. You are celibate because you want to do what is right and pleasing in God’s sight but it’s hard…
What do you do when you are tempted to act? You pray and ask God to keep you on the path. You think about the friends and the people you know who rushed into relationships because they couldn’t wait and are living in regret. Remind yourself that God’s plans for you are for your good and they will take time. Remind yourself that God’s timing is always perfect. He will provide you with what you need when the time is right and not one moment before.
It takes courage and a lot of willpower to wait on God but in the end, it will be worth it. Hang in there!
Notes to Women 
It does take a lot of courage and patience to wait for him to answer your prayer. I always try to remind myself, he knows when the timing is right. Sometimes it helps.
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It takes courage and patience because often we want answers to our prayers right away and think we can get ahead of God because we think He’s taking too long but as you mentioned, His timing is right–in fact, it’s always perfect. And when we wait for Him, things turn out far better than when we try to take matters into our own hands.
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Yeah, sometimes we ate not ready for what we as te asking for. And often, he has a better plan for us. Something better than we asked for.
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Amen! He always knows and wants what is best for us and that’s why His answer is sometimes “No” or “Wait”.
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Exactly. have a great week
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Thanks. You too 🙂
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