There is a certain assurance that comes from knowing that God has a plan. Further assurance comes is when He tells you what part you play in that plan. I'll never understand why He would say a thing and then make you wait for it.

Let's jump around a little. God told Abraham very specifically, "I will make you a great nation.." Genesis 12:2. God spent approximately 1500 years telling people Jesus would come (all of the Old Testament). He gave the book of Revelation to John somewhere around 1,931 years ago. Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart: wait, I say, on the Lord! Psalm 27:14.

But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint. Isaiah 40. The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him. Lamentations 3:25. For the vision is yet for an appointed time; but at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. Habakkuk 2:3. And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart Galatians 6:9. And so on...

What good is waiting? Strengthens your heart. Renews strength. Good to those who wait. It will surely come. Reap. I read a commentary that said waiting "abrades our obsession to be in control, prolongs uncertainty, exposes our vulnerabilities and leaves us feeling powerless". I've been waiting for months. For what seems like an eternity because I have become used to getting everything I want, exactly when I want it. That whole statement seems to sum up EXACTLY what it's like to wait.

I was not thrilled when I received the Word that I need to wait. Wait for what??! The answer wasn't directly given (at least not in a way that satisfied my pride). "You're not ready." "You need to come under authority." It irritates me to think that I am not good enough for God. That I am lacking something necessary to do what He designed me to do. I spent the formative years of my life training and disciplining myself so that I would be ready when it called. Physical, mental,