Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Waiting by Kensley Moore

Waiting…
Have you ever had to wait for something and thought that you would literally die from the wait?  Waiting is an act that provides us with a sense of how important patience is.  "Patience is a virtue" I've been told many times.  Well… it is just that.  Waiting is hard.  Waiting is the fear of the unknown…. the fear of what is to come.  Waiting.  You are either waiting for something that will bring you much pleasure… much pain… or the unknown.  Typically, whatever you are waiting on fits into these three categories.  At least in the first two categories I mentioned, you have some sense of knowledge.  You have knowledge of what's to come.  The issue with the latter is that we are left clueless.  We have no clue whether the outcome will bring us joy or bring us sadness.  Will it encompass much celebration or much mourning?  We simply don't know.  We as humans have a desire to want to be in control.  Some are afraid of religion because they don't want to have to submit to a higher being.  They don't want to be held accountable.  They don't want someone else in their life that has more control than they do.  We want to organize our lives and we want to be the ones determining what the next steps in our lives will be.  The problem with the 'unknown' is that we have no clue what will happen… literally, our future is "unknown" to us.  This scares us.  This is the hardest type of waiting there is.  Waiting for the unknown.  It can drive a person mad.  As Christians, if we fully submit to God and to following His will, we are going to run into a bunch of "unknowns" in life.  This is where FAITH comes in!  We are submitting ourselves fully to God and we have to KNOW that He has us.  He has us in the palm of His hand, so there is no need to fear.  Faith should counteract fear.  As Mike Donehey has said, "Christianity is not about how much faith you have, but WHO your faith is in."  AMEN!  By putting our faith in the One True God, we should not have to worry about what our future will hold.  All things work for the good of those who love God :) All we can do in these periods of "waiting for the unknown" is to have faith that Jesus will carry us through.  Don't worry.  PRAY. (Philippians 4:6-7) God's got this!  It is hard sometimes but we can't live in worry and fear.  We can't let the fear of the unknown overtake us.  We have to live each day as it is our last and love the Lord God with all our heart, soul, and mind.  Let people see Jesus in us.  Don't get consumed in waiting for the unknown.  Be courageous, Be BOLD.  Have faith.  

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