Are We There Yet?!

Last weekend, we spent couple of days by the sea. It was a 4 hours drive with the kids in the back seat. I guess now you can imagine the most frequent question asked during these rides…you guessed it right “Are we there yet?”. However something have changed this time, I expected to get this question every 5 minutes as they used to do when they were younger, but surprisingly the time gap between the questions was getting substantially bigger. Now, being 7 years old, they developed a more “mature” perception, they are now able to WAIT AND TRUST that journeys take time and reaching our destination requires more patience. Still, the question popped up every 15 minutes

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They now get ready for the journey with books and games or even stories to tell deciding to ENJOY THE RIDE and leaving it trustfully in the hands of the driver.

No wonder our Spiritual life is no stranger to this reality. Waiting for the Lord is a journey of maturity and trust. Being a child in faith, our focus is only on the destination, the goal of our prayers. Throughout the bible, Waiting has been a virtue of all God´s men and women. From Joseph in prison, David and his beautiful psalms of waiting (Psalm 27:14 and 37:7), even the disciples, Jesus ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem and WAIT for the promise of The Father (Acts 1:4). They spent their time in prayers, They all learned that time of waiting is time of solidifying their relationship with our Heavenly Father, a time of change and may be reshaping their goals and perspectives, a time to mature and grow stronger in trust, giving the Holy Spirit the space to renew their strength and spread their wings like eagles.

"But those who wait for the Lord [who expect, look for, and hope in Him] shall change and renew their strength and power; they shall lift their wings and mount up [close to God] as eagles [mount up to the sun]; they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint or become tired. (Isaiah 40:31 AMP)
وأمّا مُنتَظِرو الرَّبِّ فيُجَدِّدونَ قوَّةً. يَرفَعونَ أجنِحَةً كالنُّسورِ. يَركُضونَ ولا يتعَبونَ. يَمشونَ ولا يُعيونَ. (40 إشَعياءَ:31 AVDDV)

Dear Heavenly Father, give me strength to wait and trust, a faith that grows by time, like my daughter maturing with years, I shall grow along with you…and learn to enjoy my ride of life with You, knowing that times are in your Hands and the journey´s joy will over shadow my goal focused self. Take us to a new level of Waiting, Spread our wings to a new level of Trust, and may we every morning grow hope in You.

Don’t keep your patience of a child…Wait on Him, Enjoy the Ride!