While I'm Waiting

While driving to work this morning, I heard this song. Not for the first time, but for the first time it really spoke to me in a different way. Read the lyrics and think on them for a minute.

“While I’m Waiting”
Jason Waller

I'm waiting
I'm waiting on You, Lord
And I am hopeful
I'm waiting on You, Lord
Though it is painful
But patiently, I will wait

I will move ahead, bold and confident
Taking every step in obedience
While I'm waiting
I will serve You
While I'm waiting
I will worship
While I'm waiting
I will not faint
I'll be running the race
Even while I wait

I'm waiting
I'm waiting on You, Lord
And I am peaceful
I'm waiting on You, Lord
Though it's not easy
But faithfully, I will wait
Yes, I will wait
I will serve You while I'm waiting
I will worship while I'm waiting
I will serve You while I'm waiting
I will worship while I'm waiting
I will serve you while I'm waiting
I will worship while I'm waiting on You, Lord

No matter where you are in life, these lyrics can apply to you – we’re all waiting on something and sometimes it’s hard to wait on an answer from the Lord. I think back about 2 years ago when I DESPERATELY wanted a baby and often wondered why I had to wait. Every time I turned around, someone else was pregnant – most of the time, on the first try or even by ‘accident’. I never became “mad”, but it hurt. It was very painful. It hurt because I wanted to be a mom so bad and I had to wait. There were times I didn’t have peace or hope or faith but I know God was right there with me through it all. He knew that Reese would be our baby and that in order for Reese to be ours she we would have conceived through In-vitro and that the Lord would provide the money for that, we would implant 3 eggs and only one would take (the Lord knew I could only handle ONE at a time ), we would find out we were pregnant on July 31st, and she would be born on April 3rd. God had that ALL under control and He knew that Reese would fit in perfect with our family. In order for that to happen, I had to wait. We had to wait. Wait on the Lord. And not all the time were we faithful to pray for peace or hope, but God still answered our prayers. I have faith that He will answer our prayers for a future child, a brother or sister for Reese, whenever He sees fit. It will be up to Him to perform a miracle and let us conceive on our own. He knows we don’t have the funds to do IVF again. He knows that we have 5 freezing eggs waiting on us and that we’ll try those first, He knows what the outcome will be. He knows that I desperately want more children, I want Reese to be a big sister, and as much as I complained about pregnancy at the end (not because I was miserable, well sometimes that was the case, but because I wanted to meet our miracle baby girl) I do miss be pregnant and long to feel that excitement again. So, we’re waiting. Patiently. Waiting on the Lord’s time to bless us with another child. And we will be faithful to pray for hope and peace while we wait.

Right now, we’re in a different waiting period in our lives. At this current time, we’re waiting on the Lord to show us where our church home should be. In the midst of waiting, we are serving and worshipping, just as the song says, while we’re waiting on the Lord. We are enjoying FBC Hilliard so much right now and have been touched in so many ways by the messages, by the people, and by the worship. We’re just waiting. Waiting on the Lord. Waiting for Him to guide and direct us as He sees fit.

What are you waiting on? Are you being faithful to pray for peace while you wait? Are you being faithful to worship and serve the Lord while you wait? It won’t be easy, but we need to be faithful. No matter where we are in life, these lyrics apply.