THE GIRL IN WAITING
The best place to start will be to say my truth; which is am not the most patient person I thought I was until recently. If you are a patient person a big thumbs up to you. I have realized that patience is an art and though you might not have been born with it you can actually acquire it. The process of acquiring it is up to you it can be taught to you the hard way or you can choose to learn it by yourself gently and embrace it as part of you. The reason I am putting emphasis on patience is because waiting requires a lot of patience and an open mind to unlearn, learn and relearn.
The Bible is full of people who waited upon God. The likes of Hannah, Sarah, Job and I could go on and on .The first time I came across this word waiting I thought to myself “It must be nice” to just sit back, chill and wait for my time to come. I mean to me it was all about counting days till my time came which at that time I could do. The hard truth is waiting on God is a whole lot more than you think. Different people have different experiences on waiting depending on what they are waiting for. God is very strategic about at what point he gets you to wait. Normally it’s at a point where He knows He will have your attention. When God wants you to wait He will make His intentions known in different ways. There is a difference between delay in your life and waiting on God. Waiting normally comes with a lot of peace amidst things coming to a standstill.
Waiting will challenge your ideologies. Personally it was at this point that all the things I made myself believe I had dealt with that were actually being challenged. Everything that was eating me up and I choose to overlook one by one God was revealing them and putting them on the table for discussion. I had to admit that certain things were taking a toll on me and influencing the decisions I was making. I got to a point where I was very vulnerable and this is actually the beauty in it. I had to face my fears and retrace my steps and find the reasons and solutions for them. The beautiful part is in all this I was not alone God was walking me through it all. My bitterness, feeling of rejection, my faith and doubt were being addressed. It was like all my life I was sitted in darkness then suddenly there was this bright light shining on me.
As you wait it is important to know why and what you are waiting for. It is important to seek the face of God don’t just sit, do something aligned to your waiting. Times will come and you will question the process and feel like it is time to stop. However hang in there and trust the process of waiting. Seek the grace to be still and waiting until God says you have completed your training. There are also a few tests that are going to grow you. All I can say is it is not easy; tears, some people will not understand you and there are things you will not understand until later. All in all it is worth the wait because God comes late when He wants to come big.
