Waiting on Jesus?

Have you ever heard anyone say, "We are waiting on Jesus", or His timing is perfect, and we are just waiting on Him"?

Today I wrestle with the truth in those statements. Is there really such a thing as waiting on God? Is it really as though, we have a plan and we are just waiting on God to fulfill it? I just don't think that is how life goes, although I find myself saying or encouraging others with the exact same statements from time to time.

Today, a young adoptive mother was given the news that her sons are not ready to come home to the states. The process is not complete, and won't be for some time. She will miss her youngest son's first birthday, as her eldest son doesn't get any younger with time...

Upon hearing this news, I immediately felt mercy for her situation...I empathized with her as we long and wait for a child of our own. I searched my heart, longing to find words from God to encourage her. I sat on the couch, wondering what could possibly medicate this woman's heart as she struggles to wait day after day for a life that has been promised her?

Jesus spoke to me...

There is no such thing as waiting on Jesus. Jesus has the ultimate plan, and we have nothing to do with the details of our life. He also spoke God's word that His ways are not our ways, and that He has plans to prosper us, not to harm us.

Hearing Jesus lovingly remind me that I AM NOT IN CONTROL seemed all too familiar. Reminding myself that His ways are always best seemed all too lovely.

Thinking of the what ifs...
What if God is prolonging the celebration of these children coming home because the one plane they would have to take is going to crash...
What if God is prolonging something in my own life to save the life of another...
What if God is faithfully stalling until the blessings we are to receive come as just that...blessings, not burdens.

What if God has His own time table, and we really aren't waiting at all?

I have decided today, that there is no such thing as waiting on Jesus...but there is such a thing as Jesus waiting on me...

Dear Lord, give me strength, as I know you are earnestly waiting...waiting for my love to grow deeper, my trust to grow higher, and my faith to grow wider. Please teach me to learn more about your ways, and more about your will so you just don't have to wait on me at all!

Love your daughter