Praying to God may not change our circumstances immediately. And Jesus pain had a great and wonderful purpose. He KNEW he was about to die a horrific death with the weight of the sins of all the world from now until eternity upon His shoulders.Ĭan you imagine that pain? Nothing you or I have ever or will ever encounter will come close to that pain, and yet Jesus in His humanity cried out to God, “Take this cup from me!” He PRAYED about His pain. When Jesus was in the Garden of Gethsemane He KNEW what was about to come. Jesus in the GardenĪnd He went a little beyond them, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me yet not as I will, but as You will.” Matthew 26:39
He may not give us what our heart desires tomorrow, but He won’t abandon us as we wait on His will and His timing. Great is our Lord and mighty in power his understanding has no limit. He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name. He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. There is no limitations or constraints on what what we can and can’t pray about. He is there for you in any and every situation. God is listening! He understands and He wants to hear from you. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise. Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. Do what you need to do to give yourself a safe space and the necessary time to process the feelings of disappointment that inevitably come in seasons of waiting. When don’t get to choose God’s timing, but we do get to choose how we process the emotions we feel and what we do with the opportunity we are left with when a door closes. Don’t push aside your emotions or bury them deep down thinking that if you don’t feel them everything will be okay. Give yourself time and grace to process the emotions you feel. Grief, disappointment, and sadness take time to heal. It doesn’t say He’s angry they dared to feel crushed. It doesn’t say the Lord is disappointed with the brokenhearted. The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. AND nowhere does it say that it is WRONG to feel sadness, disappointment, anger, or grief in this life. Nowhere does the Bible say walking with God is all sunshine and roses. To pretend that I don’t have human emotions about spiritual matters is futile. BUT there are plenty of things in this life that have knocked the breath right out of me that have caused me to grieve and cry out in anguish. Nothing can take away the joy I have in the Lord and the joy I have in my salvation. I wish we could all take off our “Good Christian” masks and be honest about the struggles and emotions we feel walking through this broken life. If I was a “Good Christian” I wouldn’t feel angry and confused about the fact that my dearest hopes and dreams were being denied.
If I was a “Good Christian” I wouldn’t wonder why I was struggling. So many times I felt that if I was a “Good Christian” I wouldn’t feel sad about my circumstances. Though I prayed someday it would be different, during this season my prayer to be a mother went unanswered. Unfortunately, my health at the time was not in a place where it would be wise or possible to have a child. My husband and I would have loved to welcome a child into our lives and home. I was overcome with an intense grief and sadness that I wasn’t a mother too That God hadn’t allowed that dream and desire of mine to be fulfilled yet. How they played with her hands and sang to her with the worship music. But to be honest, I found myself gazing upon the beautiful young family in the seats in front of me especially their precious new baby girl. I wish it was because I was deeply engaged with worshiping. HeartbreakĪ few years ago, in church, I found myself overcome with tears and utterly unable to sing along with the worship team.
#Waiting on gods timing how to#
Learning how to overcome & manage our disappointment is KEY to navitgating and flourishing in saesons of waiting on God’s timing. Seasons of waiting for God to answer prayers and open doors can leave you feeling empty-handed saying “Now what?”
He is always exactly right on time–His time.”īut how do we process the inevitable disappointment we feel when God’s timing doesn’t line up with our own?
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