God's Delays Are Not His Denials

We often think of periods of waiting as a No to a question we've asked God or to a request that we've put in to God. We equate waiting on an answer from God to waiting in line at a grocery store or waiting at the doctor's office. In these types of waiting situations, our usual response is "Geez, would they hurry it up...I've got to be somewhere!" Since we are allowed our free thoughts on a daily basis and we get away with being impatient more often than we'd like to admit, we tend to think that we can also hurry God. If it weren't true there would not be several songs about this very subject. One song in particular is called "You Can't Hurry God" and was performed by choirs and singers all over the world. Dorinda Clark-Cole said it best in her version of the song with such powerful lyrics:

You can't hurry God

You just have to wait

May not come when you want Him

But He'll be there right on time

You can depend on God to come through

You just have to wait

VERSE:

Waiting on God seems so uncomfortable

Cause you don't know how long you gotta wait

Oh, my soul doth waiteth patiently on the Lord

Oh, because I know He shall renew their strength

He may not come

When you want Him

But He'll be there Right on time

You can depend on God to come through

You just have to wait

You can't hurry God

You just have to wait

May not come when you want Him

Be there right time

You can depend on God to come through

You just have to wait

VERSE:

Waiting on God seems so uncomfortable

Cause you don't know how long you gotta wait

Oh, my soul doth waiteth patiently on the Lord

Oh, because I know He shall renew their strength

I'm here to tell you

You gotta stop complainin

And start believin

He's gonna come through

Right when you need Him

You can depend on God to come through

You just have to wait

VAMP: Wait Wait Wait On Jesus

VAMP2: Wait on Him Wait on Him Wait on Him

You got to wait on Jesus

(Source: www.christian-gospelmusiclyrics.com)

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So remember to wait on God! Also know that waiting on God can't be compared to any other kind of waiting that you have experienced. As you are waiting, rest assured that God is working some things out on your behalf that require your patience. You can't hurry God as he meticulously creates a job, a new home, a husband, a wife, a financial breakthrough, a legal victory, an opportunity for you to have an important conversation with a family member or friend, a position for you at a prestigious college, a deliverance, the breaking of a stronghold, a good report from the doctor, and so on! God hasn't failed you yet and he won't ever fail you. The way may seem dark, the prospects may seem few, your chances may seem slim but our God is all-knowing and all-powerful. He will make a way just believe and wait!

If you are in a season of waiting in your life meditate on this scripture: "Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD." Psalm 27:14. Notice that "wait" appears twice in this verse...so in other words wait and wait again on God!