Slow Burn: The Work and Wonder of the Waitنموونە

Day 5: Redefine Your Wait

How do we know we are on the right path as we walk forward in our wait? We keep checking in with ourselves: What am I fixated on?

Psalm 119:59 in The Message says, “When I took a long, careful look at your ways, I got my feet back on the trail you blazed.” We want to keep taking a “a long, careful look” at the one we are walking with.

I grew up with 3D posters, those crazy designs where you stare and stare at the formless, chaotic art until your eyes recognize a different dimension that was there all along. Taking “a long, careful look” allows you to see something you didn’t see before. Your focus will unlock a new dimension of revelation. Give yourself to the practice of soaking in God’s ways! He is faithful, just, and loving, and he will fill you with wonder.

There may be times when you don’t know why you keep wandering in your wait. It may feel like one step forward and two steps back. Keep in mind that, when we wander, we really are searching. There is a restlessness we can bring to Christ; we can ask him to help us find satisfaction in him.

Know that your wait doesn’t have to be wasted. It can be the greatest journey of your life. But it starts from a place of knowing you are already safe and secure in God’s hands. He is leading you on a journey all the way to the home he has prepared for you in heaven.

Isaiah prophesied of the coming goodness by relaying these words from God: “Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert” (43:18–19).

Today is the perfect day to redefine your wait. You are not destined to be in a stuck place forever. You are walking to the promised land with God.

REFLECT: How might you redefine your wait? Are you “wasting” your wait? Explain your answer.