Waiting.......

I've been doing a study on Esther and boy has it been interesting. I actually knew very little about Esther before the study, but I am loving it. I am learning so much and this week it has been about waiting. Waiting for the right time, God's time. That is something I have a hard time with sometimes. I don't think I'm that much different than most people. Its hard to wait, much less wait on Gods time. We all know that He knows best in all things, but it is hard.
The culture we live in is training us to be impatient. Everything has to be instant, fast. We get irritated if traffic is moving too slow, if it takes 5 minutes to get our "fast food", if we are kept on hold for more than 10 seconds. Its truly a shame, because "TIMING" is everything. I have found so many scriptures that speak to this crazy idea of waiting.

After two days he will revive us, on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in His presence. Hosea 6:2 The third day is depicted in the Bible over and over again as the "relief from stress"

There is a time for everything and a season for everything under the sun. Ecclesiastes 3:1 Gods Time

wait for the gift my Father promised. Acts 1:4 If we cannot wait on the Lord, we will not reach our destiny.

Yet those that wait for the Lord will gain new strength, they will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired, they will walk and not become weary. Isaiah 40:31

For the revelation awaits an appointed time, it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it, it will certainly come and will not delay. Habakkuk 2:3 It will surely come if we wait.

For it is time to seek the Lord until He comes to rain righteousness on you. Hosea 10:12b

Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; yes, wait for the Lord. Psalm 27:14 There is a power that comes with wisdom and wait.

Our soul waits for the Lord; He is our help and our shield. Psalm 33:20

I wait for you, O Lord, you will answer, O Lord my God. Psalm 38:15

I wait for the Lord, my soul does wait, and in His word do I hope. Psalm 130:5

For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for Him. Isaiah 30:18b

The Lord is my portion, therefore I will wait for him. Lamentations 3:24

But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently. Romans 8:25

Behold, I waited for your words. I listened to your reasonings, while you pondered what to say. Job 32:11

Be still, and know that I am God. Psalm 46:10

So...... I think I'm getting the message that I'm supposed to wait on God. That I'm NOT supposed to take things into my own hands and rush through life. Slow down. Wait. My strength will come from waiting on the Lord. Wait.