Ready, Set, Wait
Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him… Psalm 37:7, ESV
We were all seated in the plane ready to go. The plane was sitting on the tarmac waiting to take off when the pilot made this announcement: “I wanted you to know why we are just sitting here on the tarmac. We have been told there is too much congestion in the air right now, so we have to wait”. He said our wait time could be between thirty and sixty minutes.
It was already late, and I knew based on our schedule I was not going to get home until after 1:00am, and I was so ready to go home. My scheduled flight had been changed so many times that when I heard the announcement from the pilot, I started to pray that we would just get off the ground so I could get home.
The Holy Spirit reminded me that many times we are prepared and ready to move to the next level in the assignment He has for us, but the door seems to be shut tight. We are trying to make something happen in our flesh, but God is not allowing it. He showed me that the waiting is purposeful. The air traffic controllers could see that it was not the right time for us to move. I could tell in the pilot’s voice that he was a little annoyed with the instructions too, but he did not move.
The air traffic controller would not give approval for our fight to lift off that ground until it was safe for us to do so. They were making sure there was a clear path for us to get to our destination without any disruption. The pilot could not see what they could see, so he had to wait patiently. Many times, God will give us the desire to expand our business, start a family, purchase a new home, get married, move out on our own, and so on, but nothing seems to be happening. We are ready for that next new thing, but it seems that all those road blocks happen to stop the movement.
It is so important that we understand that God’s timing is not the same as ours. He may have you all ready to go but just like the pilot, you can’t see what is going on in the sky. We must trust Adonai, the one in control and wait on His direction.
Before the delay of thirty minutes, we were scheduled to arrive in Sacramento at 1:00am, but we ended up landing at 12:20am. In Dallas, Texas we sat on the tarmac for thirty minutes and somehow saved a total of seventy minutes in the air… I have no idea how that happened. But it is the same with God. He works outside of our time. It may seem like you are behind everyone else, but God will somehow move you to the front of the line even though it seems you have waited years. Keep the faith, His timing is always perfect.
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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