Wait...wait...wait...GO!

Ready.... Set.... And waiting for Him to say "Go!"

So, the Lord has been really working in me on this waiting thing. I can't even begin to go into everything we are waiting on as a family...tax issues, real estate issues, information, etc. Waiting has been so, so hard. Everywhere I look, I see/hear the Lord saying, "Wait for Me...just wait." It has been in my devotionals, friends have been speaking of it, etc. Anyway, I started thinking of all the times I have to tell the kids to WAIT...wait until after dinner for your treat, wait to cross the street there is a car coming, wait until the officiant says "Go" or you will be disqualified, on and on. I expect them to trust that I know what is best for them - that is why I am telling them to wait. That was my "Ah-HA" moment. The moment when I realized that Lord was saying, "Wait, child. I know what is best...I see those cars coming. You will run ahead of Me and be disqualified. The treat will be sweeter after dinner." Man, it is easier when it is me giving the lesson to my kids! :-) Oh, to be teachable and smiling as I wait (like Drew is doing at the starting line).

In my devotional ("Streams in the Desert"), one of the quotes was, "Did you ever hear of anyone being much used for Christ who did not have some special waiting time?...so, He withholds the enjoyment and conscious progress because He knows best what will really ripen and further His work in us." Can I ask that the work be furthered quickly or is that defeating the purpose? :-)