I will be the first to admit that waiting is not my strength for multiple of reasons, I like to have control, I thrive under pressure and love to keep things moving. But ever since my relationship with God things have changed dramatically and I give it all up to Jesus because I do not recognise myself anymore and I love it!
Guys waiting on God is beautiful, it is a journey that is intended to refine us, to build and most importantly to place our focus on God. Waiting in your own strength is horrendous but the Holy Spirit that has given us patience as one of His fruits and self control helps us to wait on God with expectancy while enjoying the ride toward what it. It is actually not about the promise or the blessing but it is much more to do with how we journey through life with the Holy Spirit. Remember it is not a destination, so the blessing is not the “finishing point” but rather a beginning of something new. After the blessing there will be another blessing afterwards it is recurring for as long as we are alive.
Therefore, it is important to remember that it is not and will never be about the blessing or even the promise it is really about the Blesser, the Promise Maker, God Himself. Jesus of course needed to save us, He was blessed to be the Chosen One that dies for humanity and has established eternal life for us all if we believe in Him but to Him Jesus it was really about obeying the Father. His focused was and will always be God the Father, His Will, His desire Him alone it the main priority.
Our blessings can easily become our idols because we shift our focus from the Blesser to the blessing so the waiting season helps us to dig deep, to seek first the Kingdom of God and all these other things will be added to us. The waiting helps us to trust, focus and love God first and let Him be our anchor, make His presence enough. So trusting that even if the blessing does not come (which we know it will because God is faithful to His Word) it will still be okay because God by Himself is enough His existence is what we desire the most.
So I encourage us to love God and ask Him to love Him more than anything, more than the blessing itself, and we will experience that God’s presence is really what we seek after. So because it is not always easy we should make it a habit to repent and ask God to forgive us for shifting our focus from Him and thank Him and allow Him to change our focus and renew our minds, our hearts and intentions.
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