Waiting Patiently

Why is it that waiting patiently is so hard? We hate waiting in lines, in traffic, for special days and events to get here, to hear from someone answering our messages, we hate waiting.

I'm in a new but familiar place right now...waiting patiently for God's answers, for Him to act, for Him to tell me what I should and shouldn't be doing. I've been here before. If I think I know God's answer, I usually jump the gun and act on it immediately, often without asking him WHEN to act. If I don't see Him act in what I think is a reasonable time frame (as if I could ever know better than God?), then I start assuming I'm messing up something and have to fix myself before God will answer or help me. Don't we all do that from time to time? I have to remember than His time frame is NOT my time frame. He knows details and future events that I don't, and I have to remember that God's time table is truly the BEST plan. Obedience to God has to include trusting His time and plan over my own impatience.

I also have learned in the past that I have to let go of trying to control, or even just persuade, others when I know they're not on the right track. It's not my job to fix anyone, I don't have the authority to judge anyone else's decisions. I'm only in charge of myself, my actions, my words, my thoughts, and my attitudes in any given circumstance. If I keep this in mind, then waiting for the right set of instructions get immeasureably easier.

For now, I'll just continue on my path of seeking answers from His Word, listening in quiet and prayer time, asking for wisdom to hear God when He's ready to speak to me on this, and be still...and know that He is God...(and I am not).

Hope this helps someone else struggling with waiting on God.