Even if your season is dark and stormy, be especially vigilant about looking for blessings. Instead of focusing on where you’re going, look around you and find the blessings that already surround you.
( Romans 5:3-5 ESV) 5) Focus on the BlessingsĪbove all, try to find joy and blessing where you are. Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. If you need to rid your heart of some stubborn habits or beliefs, dig deep and allow God to do his work. If you need to forgive, do the hard work to let go and forgive. If you need to deal with a sin, confess and turn away from old ways. Is there a purpose in your waiting? Do you have some work to do to prepare for the next season? Is God working on your heart?Ĭonsider the lessons and submit to God’s work in your life. ( Psalm 37:5-8 GOD’S WORD Translation) 4) Consider the Lessons in the Wait Surrender yourself to the Lord, and wait patiently for him.ĭo not be preoccupied with an evildoer who succeeds in his way He will make your righteousness shine like a light, Trust him, and he will act on your behalf.
Let go of your attempts to control and plan your way out and allow God to lead. Stop fighting the process and surrender to God’s work in your heart. When God is working a change in your life or carrying you through a particular challenge, it may take time to fully work through the process. ( Romans 15:4 NIV) 3) Surrender to the ProcessĬhange is a process and can take time. Studying others who endured seasons of waiting reminds you that you’re not alone in this struggle.įor whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. Reading about God’s power and plans will fill your heart with hope. When you’re in that season of waiting, daily reminders of God’s faithfulness will sustain you. Staying in scripture keeps you grounded in God’s plans and promises. It may be that our heart needs some work or it may be that God is moving in other areas to prepare the way. Often what feels like waiting is really a season of preparation. Stay in scripture, especially in seasons of waiting. ( Philippians 4:6-7 NIV) 2) Read Your Bible
And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. It’s not easy to go to prayer first when you’re frustrated in the wait, but as you develop this habit (and utter dependence) of prayer, you’ll find the waiting becomes easier.ĭo not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Pray for your heart to be open to the work God’s doing through this current season.Pray for God to reveal the next step or the next season.Pray for patience and fortitude through the waiting season.Go to God in prayer first and let prayer be your rock and your guide. The number one way to find more patience in the wait is to pray. If you’re in a season of waiting, take hope in these 5 ways to be patient waiting on God’s timing.ĥ Ways to Be Patient Waiting On God’s Timing 1) Pray. We have more to learn, more to change, more to grow. Sometimes the wait is for God to align the pieces of our own heart.Īs much as we want to move forward NOW – sometimes we’re just not ready. Sometimes the wait is for God to align other pieces of the plan. #2: Waiting is hard, but the wait has a purpose In the waiting, we discover that God’s in charge and we’re nothing on our own. It’s in the waiting that our faith is forged in the fires of trials. Two truths I’ve learned about waiting, though: #1: Waiting on God’s plans requires patience and faith. I know God has a plan for my life and I’m anxious to move to the next step. I’ve tried to make timelines and set deadlines, but watched in disappointment as milestone after milestone fell by the wayside, unaccomplished. I’ve had to learn the hard way that I can’t manage my life the same way, though.
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