Wait

When Jesus was resurrected from the dead, the Scripture says that He spent 40 days with His disciples, teaching them things pertaining to the Kingdom of God (Acts 1). One of the main things that He said in His conversation and preparation of them for the Manifestation of the Kingdom was to "wait for the promise of the Father". Saints, if we are going to be properly positioned and prepared for the Kingdom Movement that God is getting ready to release upon the earth, it is imperative that we learn how to Wait.

There are many of us that have been in preparation mode for the Next Move of God for quite some time now. Some of you have made major sacrifices in the interest of having God's Divine Will fulfilled in your life. However, with every passing day, with the challenges, the sacrifice, the inconvenience, the misunderstandings; you're getting to the point where you're like, when Lord, when? But saints, instead of getting frustrated, instead of getting discouraged, instead of being on the verge of throwing in the towel, you simply need to Wait.

Remember Abraham, who is the father of faith and the witness for whom we are strongly encouraged to model. In regards to the Promise that the Father made to Him, he had to wait 25 years (Hebrews 11). That's a quarter of a century. Most of us ( I can't speak for everyone of course) haven't had to wait that long. And I would suspect that most of us haven't been "waiting" that long (if you understand what I mean). But the scripture says about Abraham, "after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise" (Hebrews 6). He had to Wait. Even though his faith had to be executed immediately, the promise for which he was believing God did not. This we must understand saints, we've got to, during this season, learn and continue to Wait on God.

But here's what we want to remember. When you go back to the Book of Acts, after the disciples had followed Jesus's instructions and Waited in Jerusalem (Acts 1), the scripture says that Suddenly there came a sound from Heaven (Acts 2). Saints, we need to balance our "expectation" with the understanding and reality that when this thing hits that God is going to do, it's going to be Suddenly. I heard a prophet share that when the Lord broke it down to them, it was going to be Quick and Sudden, Quickly-Suddenly. What this means is that, for all intents and purposes, you ain't gonna be ready for what God is getting ready to do no way. So instead of moaning and groaning about what ain't happening and what you don't have and what you're going through; Wait. Use this time to continue to prepare. Use this time to allow the Holy Spirit to continue to renew your mind. Use this time to get a better idea of what you're actually being called to do during this next Season. There's plenty for all of us to do, if we simply learn to Wait.