“The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.” {Psalm 145:9} What do you desire? What does your heart wait for? Is there something that has been on your prayer request list for many months—even years—that remains unanswered? Maybe you have interceded for the salvation of a dear family member or spiritual renewal? Or does your groan with impatience for graduation or another major life step? Are you impatient to be married? Or maybe you are waiting for God to provide financially for a family need? What about a “great opportunity to witness” for Christ and do something world-impacting? Whatever you are waiting for today, I would like to ask you, how are you waiting? Impatience or Submission Waiting. How do you wait today? Are you pacing the floor with impatience, wondering if God’s timing truly is best? While waiting, we often encounter with a grimace the impatience if our souls to wait for God’s perfect timing — sometimes a time line that is not what we hoped or prayed for. The Lord has put a certain desire on my heart which I have prayed toward and waited for a long season now. Knowing I have asked for this in accordance with His revealed will in His Word, it has become a matter of diligent intercession. However, He has not deemed the time right yet to answer in the affirmative. At times, I am ashamed to admit, the fear has crept in my heart that maybe God will not answer my prayer? Trusting that God is Good While waiting, we are called to trust God wholeheartedly — to trust ourselves to His incredible goodness and impeccable character, believing that no matter what God’s timing is, or how He answers our heart’s desire, that He is good. We must be committed to never waver in our knowledge of His goodness. The Psalmist in 130:5 said that “I … Continue reading →