I woke up this morning with a song on my heart, "While I'm Waiting" by John Waller. It will be forever linked to the movie Fireproof, but the lyrics can apply to so many situations both sad and happy. It is all a matter of interpretation. Usually, when we are waiting the situation causes a lot of stress and anxiety. What does the Word of God say about waiting, and about worry, stress, or anxiety?
Matthew 6:24
25"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
Psalm 5:2-3
2 Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray. 3 In the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation.
The lyrics aid the instruction of God so well.
"I will move ahead, bold and confident
Taking every step in obedience
While I'm waiting
I will serve You
While I'm waiting
I will worship
While I'm waiting
I will not faint
I'll be running the race
Even while I wait"
What are you waiting on today? Tomorrow? Next year? Retirement? A bad prognosis? Your children to grow up? More time in the day?
Let me ask you. Are you waiting for that perfect opportunity to go back to school, start a family, write a book, change careers, compose a song, start a business? What exactly are you waiting for? Don’t let fear keep you from experiencing all that God has for you. Don’t let the risk of failure keep you from risking at all. Serve the Lord. Become a part of something, something bigger than you can imagine. Attend a Lifegroup. Take the hand of someone who is hurting and offer comfort. Send a card to someone who is sick. What are you waiting for?
Worship and Praise God for every little detail of your life. It might seem hard at first, but just WAIT, before you know it the worry, the stress, the pain will ease, and then the answer will come. So, again, what are you waiting for?
"While I'm waiting
I will serve You
While I'm waiting
I will worship
While I'm waiting
I will not faint
I'll be running the race
Even while I wait"
It’s a lot like receiving Christ into your heart. If you were to wait until your life is perfect, holy and sinless before you invited Jesus into your life, then you would still be waiting on your deathbed, for it is Christ within us that makes us perfect, holy and sinless. God says to you, “Choose today whom you will serve” (Joshua 24:15).
Today, ask your Father for the strength and endurance to step out into what he is calling you to do. Start with something small, and let him bring it to life. “Do not despise these small beginnings, for the LORD rejoices to see the work begin” (Zechariah 4:10a).
