Series on Waiting

This week, Dr. Charles Stanley has produced a great devotional series on Waiting on God. You can read them here.

Waiting is not generally something I do well. I get impatient waiting in line at the grocery store. I'm trying not to become too impatient right now as I wonder why my order from Amazon has not shipped yet even though it was ordered five whole days ago (but who's counting?).

Earlier this week, I did something that was not sinful but was not particularly wise. Later, I began to feel convicted that I should have waited on God in that particular matter rather than try to work things out on my own. As if I needed further conviction, when I got home I had this email about when it's wise to wait on God in my inbox.

Needless to say, this series has really has certainly reminded me of the value in waiting on God's timing and not rushing ahead.

This ties in well to my fast from complaining that I mentioned in an earlier post. I'd say I had a fairly successful day today in being more conscious of what I thought and said in relation to complaining. There were a couple of times when I caught myself on the verge of complaining and bit my tongue and quickly shifted my thoughts. I'm sure there were other times when I did complain and didn't realize it. I did ask a co-worker to help hold me accountable and call me on it if he catches me griping.

It can be tempting to complain about waiting, whether it's waiting in line at a store or waiting on God to act in a particular matter. I think that the more I experience the benefits of waiting on God, and see that every minute of my day is ordained by Him, the less likely I'll be to complain.