Sitting in God's waiting room

Sitting in God's waiting room. I heard this used as a description of the wait we sometimes endure waiting on God. It's often a wait that is longer than we anticipated, longer than we planned. Waiting is hard. We are not a patient race.
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Sitting in God's waiting room is frustrating. We want an audience, an answer, we want help NOW, but God makes us wait....
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It's clear that our urgency is not God's emergency. God makes us wait. Why? What is he doing? Doesn't he know I need help now? Doesn't he know I have a deadline? Where is God when I need him? He's making us wait....he's teaching us to trust him. He's calming our urgent and anxious hearts. He's teaching us to rest in Him. Here's what the Bible says about waiting...
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Psalm 27:14 Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.

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Psalm 33:20 We wait in hope for the LORD; he is our help and our shield.

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Psalm 37:7 Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him;

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Psalm 130:5 I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope.

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Isaiah 30:18 Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!

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Lamentations 3:26 it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.

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It's good to wait quietly for the Lord? Why? It forces us to quiet our hearts, to turns our eyes to him, to trust him. Sitting in the waiting room is never fun until you remember why you are there. You are there to see the doctor. You've come to him to help you get better. God's waiting room has the same purpose. We come to God to find help and answers in our time of need. The wait is part of the healing. Waiting is part of God's work. So, wait patiently. The Great Physician will be with you shortly.

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