IT'S OKAY TO WAIT FOR HIM.

I'm a coconut head. 😔

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I recently discovered that I'm not as patient as I perceive myself to be. I always believed that I never had a problem with waiting. But........…the Holy Spirit proved me wrong. It's beautiful how the Holy Spirit can show you that you're not as perfect as you think you are. How He can reveal to you that you have more flaws than you actually realize. But that's not what I'm here to write about.

Last Saturday, I actually had trouble coming up with a title for my last letter. Most of my titles are usually Spirit-inspired but regarding last week's own, I couldn't hear the voice of the Spirit. I prayed, I spoke to Him, I sat still for a while, but I never heard His voice. I was starting to get really frustrated. I'd written a letter I believed was beautiful, one I thought could really bless people, and all that remained was a title so I could publish it. But nothing came. He never spoke (at least, I thought He didn't).

Out of frustration, I stopped waiting on God. Saturday was running out and He hadn't said anything. I started coming up with titles all on my own. Just as you'd expect, I failed miserably (big shocker there). Every title I came up with either didn't align with the message I was passing across, or was utterly lame. Even the ones that didn't align were still lame (titles aren't my thing😔). After this, you'd think I'd realize I was meant to wait on God, but did I? No, I did not. I know, I know, I'm a coconut head.😔

Instead of going back to God, I showed my draft to some friends and started asking for title recommendations. It didn't matter how many I got though, none of them seemed to click. One of my friends asked me how I had come up with titles in the past. I told her they were mostly Spirit-inspired but I'd been having trouble hearing from Him this time. The next thing she said hit me like a trailer......…...... "It's okay to wait for Him."

How did I not realize this? Why didn't I want to wait for Him? After all, I don't write just for myself but for Him, so why would I be in such a rush when He wasn't?

Deadlines can be really scary at times. They place undue pressure on you causing you to make quick but haphazard decisions (deadlines are evil!). Just like I was, a lot of people get so pressured that they don't wait for confirmation from God. For some people, the pressure overwhelms them and they totally forget about God when making their decisions. For others, waiting on God would take too long.

I totally get it. The fact that you could lose a great opportunity really soon can be scary. It can make you feel like there's not enough time to wait for a word from God. But in this kingdom [of God], we wait. We belong to a kingdom where waiting is the norm. I was reading this book "Possessing the gates of the enemy (by Cindy Jacobs)" and read about a lady who was happy because a vision she had received from God 12 years back was finally coming into reality. She waited 12 years! But in all that time, she didn't take any step against God's plan or process and just trusted that it'd come to pass. And it did, eventually. But she had to wait. We all want to get things quickly. We want that high-paying job quickly, that degree quickly, that spouse quickly. But the reality is that we have to wait.

I'm reminded of the book of Daniel chapter 2, where the king ordered all the wise men (including Daniel) be killed because he was angry that no one could reveal and interpret his dream. Daniel went to the king and asked for some time so he could interpret the dream. After successfully convincing the king, Daniel went home to pray to God about the dream.

It's really beautiful how Daniel's life was on the line, and yet he asked for time, not so he could devise a clever scheme to stay alive, but so he could ask God. How many of us can actually do this? How many of us can tell someone to hold on with that job opportunity so we can talk to God about it? How many of us can tell that significant other to wait so we can actually pray to God about their proposal? We make so many decisions without His guidance because "there's no time." But it's okay to wait for Him. You can't run your life yourself. At least, I can't. If God left me to handle my life on my own just for a day, I'd spoil it. This isn't humility; it's the truth. I know myself. I'd spoil my life.😭

And that's exactly why we need to wait on Him. He's the Master Craftsman. We claim He's the Owner of our lives, so why not wait for the Owner before we make those decisions? Your life is in His hands. What exactly has been in His hands and gotten spoilt? Nothing, right? So, let's not outpace Him. Since our lives are His, let's allow Him run it.

I know your friends are ahead of you in this race of life because you keep waiting on God. Everyone's moving at 72 MPH but you're stuck at 30 MPH because you keep waiting on God, but that's alright. It might seem foolish to everyone else but it's alright. I once heard Pastor Ayo Ajani say that "this thing called a brain is not capable of planning and running your life" (paraphrased). We don't have the capability to run our lives ourself, so let's wait on the One who does.

You know a wonderful coincidence? The letter I was so bent on dropping on Saturday got posted on Sunday because I waited, and that just happened to be the first of the month. I only realized that the moment I published it and I felt a refreshing wave wash over me. I don't know if there was a specific reason the Lord had it published on Sunday, or if I was just being taught to wait on Him. But either way, I'm cool with it.

I know you want to grab that job opportunity so bad, I know you want to get married real soon, I know you want to apply for that position quickly, but it's okay to wait for Him. I pray God helps us to be patient enough to wait on Him.

With his coconut head,

M.I Writes. ✍️

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