Waiting on the Lord to accomplish His plan in His time has to be one of the hardest things to do. His will is best, His plan is perfect, and His timing is precise. Knowing and understanding this will help you wait for Him to act. When He provides and supplies what you need and brings you into that place that He planned for you, you are sure to release a sigh of relief.
When you get there, looking back, you will see and understand why He allowed it all to happen. But in the in-between times, when you are in the middle of the storm and valley, it is virtually impossible to see any rhyme or reason for the pain and suffering.
This is why the faithful servants of God must walk by faith. He will take care of you and teach patience and steadfastness. He increases your faith and confidence to trust Him through that time. The assurance and peace He gives keep you moving forward and trusting in Him. Always keep in mind that God will do what He promised.
And the Lord answered me: “Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it. For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems slow, [wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.] “Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him, [but the righteous shall live by his faith.] Habakkuk 2:2-4
You need endurance; this is why God may seem to take longer than you would think. He knows what you really need. It is not the things of this world but spiritual training, inner strength, increased faith, and discipline to fight the battle ahead.
Therefore, do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what is promised. For, “Yet a little while and the coming one will come and will not delay, but my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.” But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed but of those who have faith and preserve their souls. Hebrews 10:35-39
Learn every lesson the Lord brings your way. He will discipline and train you for the work ahead, like a boxer who must train hard with sweat, pain, sacrifice, and a great struggle to prepare for the fight to come. If he is slack and lazy or trains half-hearted, there is a good chance he will lose and be defeated.
He becomes a winner well before he enters the ring with his vigorous training. So, think of it as intense training for the fight to come. For the battle, you will have to wage for the cause and sake of Christ. His discipline is necessary. He will train you in every aspect. He will prepare you to accomplish the work He has prepared for you.
The harder the discipline, the stronger you will become. The more difficult the training, the greater the fight will be ahead, and the more prepared you will be. Because of this discipline and training, you will overcome and be victorious in Jesus’ Name. God knows the future He has planned for you; if you follow Him with faith, He will fight your battle and give you victory.
Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others, I myself should be disqualified. 1 Corinthians 9:25-27
Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever! Ephesians 3:20
The Soul Sower 