One of my favorite motto's is for Kohl's department store: Expect Great Things. When you walk into one of their stores you are guaranteed not only quality products, but great prices and there's always a sale going on of some discounted price.
When you go to the gas station you expect to drive away with gas in your car.
When you go to the supermarket you expect to come away with some kind of food.
And when you turn on the faucet at home you expect water to come out.
But how about when you go to God for something? Are you expecting Him to answer your prayer?
If there's one thing we all can agree on it's: waiting stinks! Especially when we are waiting on God to do something. But that's when us believers maturity as Christians grows the most, during the waiting process.
Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. (2Cor.4:16)
The three things I've learned and put into practice while waiting on God was:
1. Speak positively over the situation. When we do this our mindset changes from untrusting to trusting in God. I know it's hard to thank God before the answer comes, but when you do thank Him in advance you are building up your own faith and proving your trust in Him.. Paul gave us the cure for anxiety when he said:
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving,
let your requests be made known to God. (Phil.4:6)
2. Continue to pursue God. No matter what your struggle is you need to have the courage to just "chuck it all in" and run towards God and not away from Him. Seek Him out and put all your energy into a more healthy relationship with Him first.
Oh taste and see that the Lord is good.
When you go to the gas station you expect to drive away with gas in your car.
When you go to the supermarket you expect to come away with some kind of food.
And when you turn on the faucet at home you expect water to come out.
But how about when you go to God for something? Are you expecting Him to answer your prayer?
If there's one thing we all can agree on it's: waiting stinks! Especially when we are waiting on God to do something. But that's when us believers maturity as Christians grows the most, during the waiting process.
Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. (2Cor.4:16)
The three things I've learned and put into practice while waiting on God was:
1. Speak positively over the situation. When we do this our mindset changes from untrusting to trusting in God. I know it's hard to thank God before the answer comes, but when you do thank Him in advance you are building up your own faith and proving your trust in Him.. Paul gave us the cure for anxiety when he said:
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving,
let your requests be made known to God. (Phil.4:6)
2. Continue to pursue God. No matter what your struggle is you need to have the courage to just "chuck it all in" and run towards God and not away from Him. Seek Him out and put all your energy into a more healthy relationship with Him first.
Oh taste and see that the Lord is good.
3. Pump up the volume! Increase your listening to worship music to motivate you in the right direction. It sets your mind at ease to where you think less about your problem and more about the answer, which is God.
When I was a teen and my mom saw me being impatient with something, she would say,
"You don't have any patience!"
And to those of you that know my witty sarcasm, well, my comeback to mom was:
"I don't have any patients because I'm not a doctor!"
All kidding aside, we all deal with impatience in one form or another in our daily life. Waiting on God is hard. We don't know the plans that God has for our life. We just know that they are great plans. We just need to expect great things from Him.
Ironicly(or was it a spiritual coincidence?),while working on this post the other day, my 7 year old niece Bridgett came up to me and non- chalantly asked, "Are you ready for 2010? My answer was a positive one: "Heck yeah! It's going to be a great year!"
When I was a teen and my mom saw me being impatient with something, she would say,
"You don't have any patience!"
And to those of you that know my witty sarcasm, well, my comeback to mom was:
"I don't have any patients because I'm not a doctor!"
All kidding aside, we all deal with impatience in one form or another in our daily life. Waiting on God is hard. We don't know the plans that God has for our life. We just know that they are great plans. We just need to expect great things from Him.
Ironicly(or was it a spiritual coincidence?),while working on this post the other day, my 7 year old niece Bridgett came up to me and non- chalantly asked, "Are you ready for 2010? My answer was a positive one: "Heck yeah! It's going to be a great year!"
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