Have you ever received a word of encouragement
from the Lord and felt assured that something good was going to happen
soon. You allow your excitement to build
and are poised to testify of His goodness and soon as the promises come to past. You wait patiently (mostly) for the
breakthrough, revelation, open door, the healing or whatever it is for
you. Time passes and you are trying to
maintain your excitement, except it seems like God forgot your conversation
with Him. He promised it would happen
soon. You wonder exactly how long is
soon. Could shortly and after while be
cousins of soon designed to drive you nuts while you wait? By definition, soon simply means in or after
a short time. Does heaven have a
different definition of soon? Could soon possibly mean something different to
you than it does to God?
There are many words and phrases in the bible
that are like soon. They are
demarcations of time, but it is not time that we can truly measure by man-made
standards. God has His timing that is
perfect and right. It is our desire to
move in His timing and in the proper season.
But the waiting can be taxing.
You know the time is near. You
can sense it. You can almost tangibly
feel it. Yet, there is no manifestation
yet. Then you begin to doubt
yourself. Did I hear correctly? Did I do something wrong? Is God punishing me and I am actually sitting
in time out with my arms crossed and my bottom lip sticking out? It may feel that way, but you are just in the
holding room of God’s blessings.
It is during these times of waiting that we
trust in Word of the Lord and His promises, the faithfulness of God and His
unending, never-failing love. In the
waiting time, God is working in us and for us.
Don’t doubt. Meditate on His
Goodness. Keep the vision/dream/promise
before you. Trust God and wait.
Habakkuk 2:2-3(NKJV)
2Then the Lord answered me and said: “Write the vision And make it plain on tablets, That he may run who reads it. 3For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, It will not tarry.
2Then the Lord answered me and said: “Write the vision And make it plain on tablets, That he may run who reads it. 3For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, It will not tarry.
Psalms 27:13-14(NKJV)
13 I would have lost heart, unless I had believe That I would see the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living. 14Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord!
13 I would have lost heart, unless I had believe That I would see the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living. 14Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord!
Lamentations 3:25-26(NKJV)
25 The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, To the soul who seeks Him. 26 It is good that one should hope and wait quietly For the salvation of the Lord.
31 But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.
Hebrews 12:1(NKJV)
1Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,
Wait on Him!
It is coming and it is GOOD!
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