I have been told that the adoption process requires a lot of patience and I already understand why. We have our adoption application complete but we are waiting for letters from our doctors whom we have already had to remind. This period of waiting, of which I'm sure more are still to come, came to mind today during the sermon at church. We've been looking at the life of Elijah and today's sermon was about the period he spent in hiding; waiting for the Lord. His only tasks were to wait for the ravens to feed him in the morning and at night and to drink from the brook. Waiting is very hard; especially when we live in an instant-gratification society. But our pastor reminded us that it's during these times of waiting that God is either preparing us or preparing what he has planned for us. Examples of this are present throughout scripture...Moses in the desert, Joseph in prison, David in hiding, even Jesus in the wilderness for 4o days. It's easy to think God is doing remarkable things when we're busy doing His work, but God is doing remarkable things despite my work and my busy-ness. I have to remind myself of this during these trials of waiting.
I don't know what preparations He is making during this time of waiting, but I do know I'd rather have Him prepare if for us than for me to do it on my own.
"Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord." Psalm 27:14
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That sermon was good for me too. I've been quietly waiting on God too with some issues in my life and keep hearing the message to "Be still and know that I am God!" all week long. It's so good to be dependent on him and it's so good to have a God who will not disappoint. The story has a happy ending!
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