wait.

Have you ever prayed for something to happen? Prayed for an answer to a problem? and didn't hear a yes or a no? All you heard from God is... wait. I would rather hear a 'no' than a 'wait' from God. Waiting for something really important to me is the single most difficult thing for me to do.

The following is taken from Ron Hutchcraft Ministries Inc.:

"'What's taking so long, God? I want it, and I want it now!' Maybe there's something you've been asking God for, trusting God for. And it's been a while, and it still hasn't come. You want it now, but there's a reason God isn't giving it to you now. It's not ready yet. And it would disappoint you if He gave it to you now.

There's a word that's one of the major keys to God's best, it's a word that is spelled out in our word for today from the Word of God. Psalm 37 , beginning with verse 5, tells us to: "Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him and He will do this...Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him...Wait for the Lord and keep His way." There's the word that often stands between you and God's best - wait. Part of committing your way to the Lord, of trusting in Him, is to wait until God says it's ready; until God says you're ready. So many people are living today in the heartache of their own impatience. They couldn't wait, so they grabbed what they could have now. And it's been much less than what God was getting ready for them."

This is painfully hard for me to do, but I have to remember the saying, "good comes to those who wait."