I’m not a fan of waiting.  I told my Small Group at Asbury last night while I don’t like worrying, I do it, and at least doing it makes me feel productive.

I just don’t like that feeling of doing nothing.

Of waiting.

Of not being able to “do” something.

That’s why it’s good for me to read Psalm 37. The Psalmist in this passage says this:

7 Be still before the Lord *
and wait patiently for him.

In this passage, the Psalmist mentions several times waiting upon God. Waiting for Him. Being patient.

Things I don’t like.

But, he stresses several times, we wait upon God because we have faith in God.

The reason we can wait is because we have faith in God.

That His plan is not our plan. . . .

His schedule is not our schedule. . . .

His time is not our time. . .

We have to trust. When we trust, we can wait. When we have faith, we can wait.

When we want to do what we want when we want it how we want it, we don’t want to wait.

When we trust in ourselves over God, we don’t want to wait.

We we doubt, we don’t want to wait.

So, in the end, it’s not about waiting, it’s about faith.

Today, do we have faith? Do we trust our God?  Today, may we have the faith to wait on God, even if His schedule is not ours.