The Waiting Process

The Waiting Process

It has been my experience that no one really likes to wait for anything. I will be the first to admit I can be very impatient. This journey with God has truly shown me I am not the most patient person in the world. But just imagine you were in King David’s shoes, one day you are out in the fields tending to your father’s sheep and the next moment you are being anointed king over God’s people. Here is the kicker, you have the promise from God that you will be king over His people but you have to wait. See if King David was anything like Ryane, he would have had some questions for God and God’s prophet Samuel. (See 1 Samuel 16 for more details)

Many Bible historians and scholars estimate that King David waited over 20 years to take over the kingship. I do not know about you but 20 years is a very long time to wait for a promise to be fulfilled. Over the last three years I have been waiting on the promises of God to manifest in my life. I can’t say that I have really been waiting patiently on the LORD. I have been waiting in frustration, sometimes anger, and sometimes in tears for the LORD to fulfill His promises to me about my future in Him. It is after the tears, frustration, anger and cry out that God has gently guiding me to a more patience me.

With my life being turned upside down, inside out this last year and God restating and making new promises, I have had to really had to open myself to clearly hear what God is saying to me about the promises He has made to me. Which took me to the book of Job and King David’s life? King David’s life and how he handled the waiting process.

What I found was King David trusted God during this process? He had faith in God to fulfill His promises. God told the prophet Isaiah, “so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. So, King David knew God could be trusted. I had to look back of my experiences with God and see the times He brought me out of a situation or fulfilled a promise He made to me. As I did that it made it easier to trust in God doing the waiting process.

Then there were the people and situations God had to remove out of David’s life. One night about three years ago, God told me not everyone could go on this next journey with me and being the child that I am. I asked an All Knowing God, why? To which he responded, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways." The situation I faced was walking away from a cozy job that paid the bills and left money for fun. Last year I set a date to leave my job on September 30, 2009 would be my last day. Can I tell you all God knows us completely, King David put it this way in Psalm 139, “O LORD, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise;
You perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down;
You are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue, You know it completely, O LORD.” God knew full well, I was comfortable at that job and I was not going to leave on September 30, 2009. It was in June 16, 2009 I got a call telling me I was being let go from my position. Which let me know God knows us better then we know ourselves, so sometimes He has to remove people out of our lives and remove us from situations.

I have learned a lot from the waiting process of King David, enough to write a whole book but I will leave you with two more things I learned and that I have applied to my waiting process. God uses this time to prepare you for what He has already prepared for you. My name is already been placed on the best seller list by God but through this blog, other writings, classes and reading other authors books & stories He is preparing me. Like King David, Ryane and you also, have to go through a season of preparation. During this season of preparation doors will open for you to learn more, to grow deeper in your spiritual journey with God. You have to understand during the preparation season there are some test, trials, adversities, and difficult but if you remember God will never leave you, nor will He forsake you and keep your eyes on God nothing will be impossible for you. All the promises God made you will be yours!

The last thing but the most important thing was King David praised God all through out his waiting process. This is one thing I have learnt to do and I encourage everyone to do also. Never forget to thank God and praise Him for all He has done in your life. If you take an honest look at your life there is something to thank Him for. Learning how to praise God during the rough times of your life is very important. There is this saying, when the praises go up the blessings come down. Your praise is a beautiful melody in the eyes of the LORD.