Greetings in the Strong Name of Jesus!!!

Hebrews 6:13-15 - “When God made his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater for him to swear by, he swore by himself, 14 saying, "I will surely bless you and give you many descendants."   15 And so after waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised.” NIV

Waiting.  Waiting for answers to prayer.  Waiting for a healing - physical, mental, emotional, relationships.  Waiting.  This is perhaps one of the most difficult things we do - wait.  We wait at traffic signals.  We wait in line at restaurants.  We wait for elevators.  We wait at the doctor’s office.  Waiting.  Can you imagine the challenge of Abraham to wait for the promise of God to make him the father of generations of people?  But he did wait and God made good on His promise.  You might say, I’ve been waiting for my healing, or I’ve been waiting for a mending of a broken relationship, or I’ve been waiting for a loved one to come to Jesus.  I believe Abraham was willing to wait even up to his death because he had that kind of faith in God.  He is an example of patiently waiting on God to make good on His promise.  As we wait in anticipation of Christmas I wonder if we have the faith of Abraham to wait for God’s answers in God’s timing?  Too often I believe we give up on waiting and attempt to bring about answers to our prayers in our own strength.  We attempt human wisdom as a replacement for God’s direction.  Too often we think we are smart enough to figure things out at the exclusion of waiting on God to provide the perfect answer. How often, in hindsight, do we wish we had just waited on God as we work thru the mistake of not waiting.  As we grow older, we tend to become more impatient, perhaps because we see our days growing shorter, or perhaps because we have been waiting for resolution and answers for a long time and we feel like time is running out.  As we walk into retirement years and our work load decreases, we really have more time to wait on the Lord as our days are less occupied with what used to be essential and necessary.  Might I suggest our times of waiting be filled with more time in praying and seeking the Lord?  Might I suggest those seemingly endless hours of waiting be filled with pressing in closer to God?  We so often made excuses for not having time for the Word and prayer because of workloads and family responsibilities - now we have nothing but time.  So, while we wait, in the waiting perhaps we could spend more time pressing in to the Savior who came to us so many years ago.  While we wait perhaps, we could focus more on praying for others and reaching out to others.  While we wait for His return or our own home going perhaps, we could do more for the sake of the Kingdom - and what would that look like?  Only you can answer that question.  But my question is - what are you waiting for?

You are loved and prayed for!!
Pastor Roger