If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.
Matthew 21:22
Are you in God’s waiting room right now? Do you have unanswered prayer? Or maybe it’s been answered, but not the answer you were seeking?
I think sometimes we can get caught up in the whole “but I seeked, and now I deserve” mentality … that we should receive whatever we asked for. The hardest part of that, is understanding that if it’s not God’s will for us or in His plan or timing … then we’re sort of stuck in His waiting room.
Maybe waiting for an answer to come. Or maybe waiting for the wisdom to understand we already have an answer … just not the one we wanted.
I once saw a great illustration of a man being hit by little pebbles. He complained that God was allowing him to be hit by these pebbles and why wasn’t the Lord protecting him? In the next scene you see a huge boulder being held back from hitting the man. The point being, that we have to trust our Lord and His plan. Only He has the master plan … we have no idea what we’re possibly being protected from.
I love, love this song by Jonny Diaz and feel led to share it with you. I have a feeling some of you are currently sitting on a hard, pleather chair anxiously waiting for your name to be called.
I’d like to encourage you today to let yourself lean into our Lord and not on your own understanding. Jonny has some words of wisdom at the end of this video {around minute 3} that are worth listening to. I pray this message sinks into your hearts and blesses you today.
Waiting Room
:: Jonny Diaz ::
Here in this waiting room yearning for You to say go
And though I’m convinced that a yes would be best
This time You’re telling me no
It’s not that I don’t have an answer
It’s just not the one that I’d like
But through this time Lord I must keep in mind
You’re always wiser than I
:: chorus ::
You have a much better purpose
And You have a far greater plan
And You have a bigger perspective
Cause You hold this world in Your hands
The things that I seek are from You
Like the strong healing touch of Your hand
But when You say no help me trust even though
There’s a reason I can’t understand
:: chorus ::
When that miracle comes cause Your answer is yes
I will praise you for all of my days
But when Your wisdom declares that a no is best
I will praise You just the same
:: chorus ::
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ok funny story.
was rudely awoken by willow-puppy at 4 this morning. since mr LKP’s out of town for work, it was my duty to don the bundles of warm clothing & a flashlight and go out into the cold morning abyss with her. so i did (and without disgust mind you). she was doing this funky thing i had to figure out, so i hopped on here, did my research, and then had to email what i found to mr LKP, who’s one state away. before closing out i glanced passed my google reader and there was this post! i was so afraid it was posted from your phone from within a waiting room!!! i seriously freaked.
anyhow, upon reading it, obviously that is not the case. and you can imagine my double-delight to find the post i did. it is a fabulous post and dead-on, not to mention i’m glad i was wrong!
have a beautiful day. thanks for the thoughts.
::big hugs::
You will never know how much I NEEDED to hear this song this morning. I sit wiping my tears even now. Thank you for letting Father use you to touch my heart, a stranger who stumbled to your site this morning!
Thank you so much for sharing…I’ve been sitting here crying for the last five minutes…I feel like I’ve been sitting in that waiting room for going on two years! I get so impatient and so down because I feel like he is not answering, but this song reminds me that his timing is perfect! Blessings to you today!
loving this! thank you, as always. by the way, you are B.E.A.Utiful in the pictures in the last couple of posts that show you. Love them!!!! And your girls. oh my goodness, beautiful! :)
oh, i love his music :)
and know that i am sitting in that next pleather chair, hand stretched towards yours.
Oh my! This is exactly what I needed to hear today! Thank you for sharing.
P.S. I’m friends/neighbors with Cyndi. The pictures of the two of you in the previous post are beautiful!
Such an encouraging post! Last year my husband and I were waiting on God to answer our prayers for a baby. It was the hardest, most painful trial of my entire life. I can’t even begin to express the ups and downs I had in my faith and yet somehow God held me up through it all. Last September I got my first positive pregnancy test and this past May we welcomed our little boy, Eli into this world. I know God could have made us wait longer…much longer and looking back I can now see that his plan was a hundred times better than OUR plan. He absolutely knows what he’s doing.