There are few things that are worse in this world than being told to wait. Just ask a 5-year-old what the worst thing to hear out of their parent’s mouth is. They would probably say to clean their room and to wait. Even as adults, we do not like waiting. People say things like, “all good things in time,” or “good things come to those who wait.” You might have heard the well meaning answer to the lack of God’s response to your prayer: “It’s not a no; it is just not right now.” Well, none of these responses truly satisfy the Spirit like an actual answer to our longings. If we could learn the art of waiting, we could master faithful longevity. Being in this middle place might not look so bad if we could see wait as more of an action than as a test of patience. After all, “they” are right. Waiting does not mean God is doing something. God just knows the right time for something to be done!

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