Waiting

I know a lot of people who seem to be in a holding pattern right now, myself included. We're waiting for God to move in a situation or relationship that we're struggling with, or we're waiting for an answer to a personal struggle. Waiting is a very difficult thing for me most of the time. I'm not the best at having patience while a painful or confusing situation unfolds in my life. I want it over N.O.W. Anybody else like that? I have a bad habit of allowing myself to become consumed with the situation at hand and I tend to put everything else on the back burner.

I was driving to Memphis this past Thursday for my cousin's funeral, and this song played on my iPod. I had heard it a few times before on the radio and liked it, but had never really listened to the words of the song. The name of the song is "While I'm Waiting" by John Waller. As I listened, it really hit me that even though I'm going through a difficult time it doesn't mean that I should stop serving and worshiping God. In fact, I think that during those times of personal struggle is when we need to serve and worship God the most.

Serving helps us to get our minds off of ourselves and onto others, and it also allows us to be the hands and feet of Christ to those around us. Now, I'm not saying that we're to ignore our struggles and difficult times. What I am saying is that God is waiting for us to give those things to Him (sometimes on a minute by miute basis) and then allow Him to use those things and use us to minister to others. There are things from my past that I thought God would never be able to use to help someone else, but He has. God wants to use us, but if we're consumed with whatever it is that we're waiting on, we can miss out on opportunities to be the hands and feet of Christ.

Are you in a holding pattern right now? What can you do while you're waiting to serve and worship God?