The Waiting Room

The season of waiting is extremely difficult. We are such a culture of "hurry-up" that when it is a time of w-a-i-t-i-n-g, we feel that we've missed something. But in all harvest, there is a season of waiting.

Farmers sow a seed and wait. They don't stand along the row of newly planted seed and proclaim "come forth new plant"....no, there is a season of growth that is happening under the soil (the growth that is unseen) with the rains and the sun; and at just the right time, the plant bursts through the ground. This is the season of The Waiting Room.

The Waiting Room~ how many of us have spent hours in the physical waiting room; at any doctors office. To worry, get frustrated or angry during the waiting time does not bring about a quicker result....

In The Waiting Room we learn patience and perseverance and contentment.

How did Abraham wait 25 years for the promised son, Isaac to be conceived & birthed?
How did Noah wait, while constructing an ark, for 120 years, with the promise of rain and destruction of mankind (if they do not repent)?
How did Moses wait at the top of the Mountain of God, in silence/fire/thunder, for 7 days~ waiting to hear a Word from God?
How did Joseph wait, years in prison, knowing what God had destined for his future?
How did KING David wait, on the run and in hiding for many years being chased by a mad-man king, for the promise of a Kingdom to be fulfilled?
How did Joshua wait, wandering 40 years in the desert waistland, for the promised land of Canann to be delivered?
How did Moses wait for the Promised Land to be within reach....and then see the promise from afar?
How did Esther wait, watching the time draw nearer of the extermination of her people; patiently preparing a banquet, then another; waiting for the right time to expose Haman in this brutal, murderous plot?
How did Mary wait, pregnant with the promised Messiah?
How does all of heaven wait, for the Glorious, Majestic, King Jesus to be revealed on the earth?

The list goes on and on of our heros of faith, from Old Testament to New Testament to early church fathers to present day. We find ourselves....
waiting to be rescued
waiting for healing
waiting to be delivered
waiting for the promise to be fulfilled
waiting for the harvest
waiting for the birth of the dream God has given
waiting for prodigals to come home
waiting for God to show Himself Mighty in power

While we wait, are we being strengthened in the Waiting? The Waiting Room produces patient endurance in us, even if it doesn't "feel" like it. Trust the working of the Holy Spirit in your inner man~ to cause a deeper hope and faith and belief in your heart. Romans 4:20-21 says of Abraham {during his season in The Waiting Room of 25 years}, "YET he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, BUT was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what He had promised."

Let us proclaim an "Abraham response" while we are in The Waiting Room: "Lord, I will wait for Your promise, growing strong in my faith and bolder in my assurance that You will do exactly what You have promised at exactly the moment You have ordained. It will not delay!!!"