1 Abram’s wife, Sarai, had not borne any children for him, but she owned an Egyptian slave named Hagar. 2 Sarai said to Abram, “Since the Lord has prevented me from bearing children, go to my slave; perhaps through her I can build a family.” And Abram agreed to what Sarai said. (Genesis 16:1-2 CSB)
Instead of waiting on God’s timing, how often do we try to help the circumstances along in our own plans and efforts?
I know I have been guilty of this. Praying for something and God maybe saying yes, but I had to wait on His outcome of the situation. So I head down my own path to make my prayer happen, not waiting faithfully upon God.
My wife is a very patient person. She will wait for things to transpire in their own time. I, on the other hand, am a severe type A individual who makes things happen. I imagine God shakes His head a lot at my impatience and my impertinent behavior.
Whenever I have pushed the situation and created an outcome they rarely work out. They may seem successful in the short term but in the long run I can see that it was just my impatience coloring the outcome. I was telling myself it was a successful endeavor but the reality is that it fell far short of God’s plan and my expectations. When I reach heaven and see all of what could have been I will realize just how short-sighted I was.
Trying to be creative with an outcome God wants us to wait upon will always fall far short of His actual plan. What riches and rewards have we missed by pressing the circumstances? This is more than just waiting on God, it is trusting God and knowing that He has our best outcomes in mind. It is waiting on a divine outcome,
