Don’t you love to wait?
Posted: July 11, 2008
Author: Pastor Steve
Category: Pastors' Blog
Tags: patience, priorities, waiting
So, it’s Friday and it’s my one day to have off. What’s my favorite thing to do? If you’re like me, it’s not waiting for a wheel alignment. But, its’ the job for the day. I’m here because I have a lifetime alignment, they have wifi(very important) and there is no other day to do it. But, I find I’m impatient because I just don’t like the idea of waiting around and I also have to anticipate whether or not something else will be wrong with the vehicle. It’s 7 years old and you never know what to expect.
Much of life is wrapped around waiting. We wait at the doctor’s office, we wait in the drive through at the Bank, we wait in line at the grocery store. We know a lot about a person’s personality about how they handle waiting. Some people just choose a line and wait. Some of us have a plan before we walk in the door for how we will escape the store. We have scouted the self-serve lines, the express lines and the “regular” lines. We have a plan for getting in and getting out as quickly as we can. (obviously I’m one of those) I even choose my stores according to the aspect that they have the self-check out line so that I can get in and out without wasting time.
For me, I have to make a shift when it comes to other parts of my life. I have to make time for prayer. I have to make time for the reading of the Bible. When the Lord says, “wait on the Lord.” I have to recognize the importance of waiting and stopping my life for a few moments. Life can’t always be about planning for the next thing. There is a part of life that is made for “accomplishing things” and a part of life that is about “waiting” and “resting” and “listening”.
Sunday morning is about that too. Our gathering for worship is an important time in which God teaches us to wait on Him. We wait on Him as we participate in hearing His Word, as we receive the Lord Himself in Holy Communion, and as we live in the reality of being Baptized in His Name. When we say on Sunday, “In the Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” Prepare to wait….
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