When God Waits

“God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing...” Many of us find difficulty in waiting on God, but what do you think it is like for Him to wait for us? This is the One of whom it is written, “For he spake and it was done.” God is eternally instantaneous. But He does not generally work independent of us; He works in cooperation with us. Not because He needs to, but because that’s what He chooses.

Like a father is longsuffering when seeing his unskilled child assembling a Tinker Toy, so God patiently waits for us to get things together. Our whole lives are spent in preparation of one thing or another, but, unlike God, ours never seem to be completed. After the completion, then another awaits that demands our attention. Therefore, time and patience in preparation is a necessity for us. We need to remember, no time spent in preparation is wasted.

“If God’s longsuffering and patience waited one-hundred and twenty years as Noah was preparing, I’m sure he’ll wait a few more years for you and me.