Wait, in the waiting...

I know you have heard the phrase i’m about to say… “It’s worth the wait” and you’re probably rolling your eyes right about now.

I feel like the past 2 years of my life, i’ve spent waiting. Waiting for a break from anxiety. Waiting for an answer about college. Waiting for my family problems to resolve. Waiting for my dad to get a job. Sometimes it felt like I was just waiting. Like I didn’t even know I was waiting, but I was. In these seasons of uncertainty you may be walking through, I want to encourage you that you’re not alone. Just because your life doesn’t look like someone else’s or maybe they didn’t have to wait as long as you do, doesn’t make you ANY different. I took off 2 years between high school and starting college, which I am starting next month. The majority of my friends from high school are now in their sophomore year of college, while i’m starting out as a mere freshman. If you’re in the same boat as me, I encourage you to leave what society and other generations tell you your’e future is supposed to look like behind. Leave it behind. If God is calling you into a season of waiting, go into it expectant of what the Lord will lead you to. I love reading, and I know it’s nerdy but it’s one of my favorite hobbies, that and writing (if you can’t tell). I was reading Max Lucado’s book, “God Will Carry You Through” the other night and I read something that stuck out to me:

Just because you are idle, don’t assume God is.

THIS. For the past two years, I’ve been praying and in a huge stand still about what I wanted to pursue in college and honestly questioning even if I should go. If I did go to college, I was going to settle and go to community college to pursue a degree that didn’t matter to me. Everytime I started thinking of careers outside of ministry, fear and anxiety FLOODED my mind. That’s what happens when we rush waiting…

When we rush God’s timing, we rush ourselves into a cycle of anxiety.

After the 2 years of waiting, I can confidently say that the Lord has worked in ways UNIMAGINABLE and has opened doors for me to attend ministry school next month. Without the waiting, i’d be in community college getting a degree that didn’t matter to me, while crying about not being able to pursue my real purpose. “Whatever we may have to go through now is less than nothing compared with the magnificent future God has planned for us.” Romans 8:18 (PHILLIPS) “My Father is always at His work” John 5:17 One story that I will leave you with from the Bible is this: the story of Joseph. Joseph came out of his unfair years of waiting, BRAGGING on God. Imagine being imprisoned and it’s not your fault, and STILL coming out of it praising Jesus’ name. That is the true, deep rooted faith that I am striving to get.

Don’t waste this waiting, because while you wait, God works!

Love you you BIG & praying for you even BIGGER, cass b. Reflection Questions:

1. Have you ever been in a waiting season? How long did it last?
   

1. What did you learn from your season(s) of waiting?
   

1. Ask God today to accompany you in your season of waiting and to allow Him to fill your heart with patience to endure it.