The lesson in waiting

Ever wondered when you read psalms and its filled with the word "Wait"? It must be a very important thing to do for it to appear so many times in the bible,eh.

I have had experienced waiting so much that I actually thought I could skip it and not do it anymore. But, life itself is filled with waiting. We wait for our turn, we wait for people, we wait for something to happen. Most importantly, we have to wait upon God. Why do we have to wait for God? Is God always slow? I guess not. I guess, we are just anxious humans. We always can't wait.

I once told a friend whom I've always waited, "Nope, I can't wait anymore. I have banned wait from my vocabulary. As much as possible, I do not want to wait." But, now I realize how wrong I could have been. Waiting is a crucial process. When we wait, things happen. Waiting is not a passive action. In fact, it is an active action. In waiting, we learn things which we would not learn otherwise. We learn patience, we learn trust, we learn perseverance, we learn hope, we learn wisdom and most importantly, it nourishes our faith. And to realize that all these precious lessons could be forfeited by anxiousness.

Indeed, waiting is a fertile ground of actions. Just as a farmer waits for harvest, which may or may not happen depending on the weather, we wait. In hope.

"Rejoice in the Lord. Again I say, REJOICE!" Phil 4:4