Waiting Doesn't Always Mean Sitting Still

There are countless verses in the scripture, many of them in Psalms, that speak of waiting on the Lord.Of course waiting requires patience and I know I need more than most, which probably explains why God has me waiting so much.

But as I have been thinking lately, waiting does not mean we are to be sitting and doing nothing like we were at a holy bus stop waiting to be picked up an moved to our next destination. Many times were are to be working while we are waiting.

In James 5:7 it says "see how the Farmer WAITS for the land to reveal it's valuable crop and how patient he is for the autumn and spring rains." Of course we know that the farmer isn't sitting on the front porch counting the days. He has to be in the field keeping out the weeds, and maintaining the crop as it grows. I think I have become a little out of focus on what it means to wait.

I have realized that I should be working while I am waiting. Working to better my spiritual gifts, improving on talents that God has given me, bettering my knowledge about my job and above all growing deeper in my relationship with Jesus Christ. Why? So that when the time comes that God reveals to me how he will be using me I am ready when he calls.

Ultimately we wait for the glorious appearing of Jesus to spend our eternity with Him. We don't want to be sitting still when he comes back for sure. (Matthew 24:45-47)