Waiting and Trusting

Waiting on God to act may seem like a spiritual discipline which requires a great deal of human determination.  After all, God has shown Himself to be One who is sometimes swayed by our crying out.  While human persistence is a Biblical virtue, it does not always result in causing a desired action from God.  What is obvious is that waiting on God to act is a spiritual act expressed more by trust than determination. 

 

Waiting on God is about trusting God.  Trusting in God is a spiritual response which is independent of any response God might make to our crying out for Him to be at work in our lives.  Trusting in God does not require a specific action.  It does not require any action.  When we wait on God, we are trusting in God to be God, to be faithful to His nature, and to do for us whatever it is that He chooses to do.  Waiting on God speaks of a trust that accepts and desires nothing more than for Him to do with us whatever it is that is pleasing to Him, or a part of His plan for us. 

 

When we think about His plan for us, we usually think about some blessing that is clearly visible, but His plan for us may be more present in the invisible realm of life than the one that is visible to our eyes.  When we cannot see any reason for what is taking place in our life, God can.  When the way forward is impossible to know, God knows.  When our soul and body needs mending, God is at work to bring that healing to bear in our lives.  He is always about more than we can see.  Waiting on God does not require Him to get around to making any of the invisible stuff of the heavenly dimension visible at any specific moment.  Waiting on God simply means that we trust God to do whatever it is that God chooses to do to bring the invisible spiritual blessings to bear in the flawed physical realm in which we live.