A Little Bit of Faith: : Can You Wait on God?

“I waited patiently for the Lord; He turned to me and heard my cry” (Psalm 40:1). Have you ever been in a situation which you needed to have an answer right away? Instead, you had to wait-and wait, and wait. Most of the time, however, we don’t wait patiently for God to answer. Often we want to rush God and place Him on our time schedule.

But waiting on the Lord can help our faith to grow. God wants us to live by faith and not by sight. The only way we can grow is when we are unable to see how our situation will change. It is during these difficult situations, that we find ourselves in we begin to really lean on our Heavenly father.

It’s easy to praise God when things are going well. It is more difficult to praise Him when things are not going according to plan. Sometimes we have to wait years in order to get a response from God about something we have been praying about. For example, King David waited for many years before he was crowned king. David learned to wait on God. David said in Psalm 27, “Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord” (Psalm 27: 14).

Therefore, if you’re in a tight spot, wait on the Lord and He will direct the way you should go. So now what are your going to do? Are you willing to wait and hear what God has to say? Or are you going to rush into the situation anyway? Decisions, decisions-I know what I am going to do. I’m going to wait on God. Amen? Amen.