Clay in the Hands

Are you any good at waiting?  I hate waiting.  I don’t like long lines at the grocery store or at Six Flags.  I don’t like red lights and I despise the waiting room at the doctor’s office (appropriately named).  If I have to go to the doctor, I always take a week’s supply of reading and work with me so that I can use the time productively.

If you are like me, you aren’t crazy about waiting.  But I read a good book a few months ago that I still go back to occasionally when I get frustrated with waiting.  The book is titled, Deep-Rooted in Christ – The Way of Transformation, and it is written by Joshua Choonmin Kang.  In this book, Kang uses Moses as his example of what God does while we wait.  

I am in the midst of the desert in many respects, waiting for God’s plan to be revealed and at times, I confess, I get very impatient.  But the quote that I go back to from time to time from Kang is this: “In the school of waiting, servants of God behave differently than others do.  Some are tempted to complain about time wasted, but they resist; instead they use their time to pray and plan and fuel their dreams for the future.  And God is at work while they are waiting.”

I find this is not easy to do, but a good reminder from time to time.  You may not find yourself in this situation now, but most assuredly you will sometime in the future.  If you find yourself in a time of waiting right now, take heart.  God is at work – your job is to stay focused on the call God has given you.  

Easier said than done but hang in there.