Waiting on the One Present

To practice the spiritual discipline of waiting involves letting go of the demands of our spiritual ego and being open to the coming of the Spirit.  While we may wait on others with a degree of impatience, such does not work very well with spiritual waiting.  To wait on the Lord is an expression of a heart that is expecting and accepting.  There are no strings attached to the moment which may be filled with great need and desire.  True spiritual waiting has no requirements and demands no results.      

The reality is that the Spirit for whom we wait as we practice the spiritual discipline of waiting is already present.  The Word tells us that He abides in us.  It also tells us that the earth itself is full of His glory and presence.  There is no place we can go where He is not present.  It is never a matter of Him not being aware of how we are present in the creation with Him, but the fact that we live unaware of Him being present with us in the always present moment of our life.     

Anyone who has ever sat outdoors at the end of a tiring day and suddenly been made aware of a cooling and refreshing breeze has some understanding of how it is when awareness of the Holy comes to us in the midst of our waiting.  Weariness and tension suddenly fades away in the moment of being refreshed.  A new sense of strength and eagerness for whatever is ahead is experienced.  And, finally, there is from deep within a rising sense of gratitude which welcomes the Spirit who seems to have come, but Who in reality has been with us all along.