Episode 13: Hurry Up and Wait // Being Content Where You Are

Being content with where you are in your life right now, will make it much easier to wait for something in the future. Whatever you are waiting for in this season of your life, know that God is with you in the wait. Join me today as I give you tips for waiting on the Lord and how He will renew your strength. Listen In.

Quotes + Links + Resources From This Episode:

• "Hurry up and wait" is a phrase used to refer to the situation in which one is forced to hurry in order to complete a certain task, or arrive at a certain destination, by a specified time; only for nothing to happen at that time, often because other required tasks are still awaiting completion. - Wikipedia

• Three Step Plan for trusting God in the season of Wait:

  1. Pray without ceasing - talk to God

  2. Learn more about God – read the bible

  3. Meditate on His Word - have God’s promises in your heart and mind  

• As a Christian you are a soldier in God’s army. One of your jobs is to prepare in advance for anything that the enemy tries to throw at you.

• Psalms 27:13-14 - I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living, Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and waif for the Lord.

• Isaiah 40: 28-31 - Do you not know? Have you not heard?

  The Lord is the everlasting God, the creator of the ends of the earth,

  He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.

  He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.

  Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall;

  but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.

  They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary,

  They will walk and not be faint.

• II Timothy 1:7 – For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

• My prayer for you today … is that you find peace in your time of waiting. That you will be faithful to God, that you will trust He will lead you where you need to go. That you will have guidance and strength to overcome the hardships in your life. That you will always entrust God with your life. In Jesus name, Amen.