WHY DOES GOD MAKE US WAIT?

“I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.” Psalms 40:1

“But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.” Isaiah 40:31

Most people cannot stand waiting. Waiting is a real problem for most of us. Why do we have problems with waiting? Most of us are ready and willing to do anything for God, but not waiting. Why does God many times make us wait?  Some have called this the “microwave age.” We want everything right now. It is not that way with God. He has his time for everything.

If we are going to grow in the Lord, we are going to have to learn the secret of waiting on God. To hurry God is to find fault in Him. God is never late, but He does not always come when you want Him too.

Have you ever gotten angry with God or frustrated because He did not do what you thought He should do when you thought He should do it?

THREE REASONS WHY GOD REQUIRES US TO WAIT

A. TO CONDITION THE HUMAN FACULTY TO RECEIVE (Exodus 24:12-16)

The waiting time is a conditioning that prepares the human spirit to receive from God. Like Moses on Mount Sinai and the Disciples on the Day of Pentecost they had to wait on God to receive. Most of us could never receive what God has for us until he has put us through a time of waiting.

B. TO SETTLE THE RESTLESS HUMAN SPIRIT (Psalms 37:7)

Most people could find God and hear His voice if they would just set still, be quit and let their human spirit settle. A heated human spirit can cause more confusion than any demon.

C. TO TEACH REVERENCE FOR A HOLY GOD (Habakkuk 2:20)

We have lost our sense of reverence. We need to discover God’s presence and majesty. We must learn to approach God reverently and wait silently to hear what He has to say. We must acknowledge that He is in control and knows what he is doing.

A man learned a lesson when he went to Disney Land with his children. He arrived at the park before it opened. It had been raining that morning, very few people were there. They went in and started to go to the different rides. They made their first stop and walked right in because there was no line. They went to the next ride and found the same thing again; no line, no waiting. Then they went to their favorite ride and there was no line! They couldn’t believe it, no line and no waiting. They walked right in. After they rode, they started waking to another ride. His 12 year old daughter looked at him and said, “This is not fun, it doesn’t feel like Disney Land today, there are very few people here and it’s not as much fun”. As they checked out a few more rides, the weather started to clear up, the sun came out and more people started to show up in the park.

They went back to ride their favorite ride again. This time they had to wait for a while because there was a line of people. They waited for 15 minutes. After they rode the ride, they all said, “Wow that was great. It was more fun than the first time”. Then it hit him. Why was it more fun, because, they had to wait? The wait actually made the ride better. In the same way, God makes us wait for things because He wants to make them better for us. He noticed another thing, that the best rides had the longest lines! So maybe the best God has for us has the longest wait!