While I'm Waiting...

Yesterday and the day before I had the opportunity to watch the independent film "Fireproof". In just a couple days, God has really used this film to work on my heart. The message is so uplifting, and although the acting is a bit cheesy, the movie is definitely in my top ten.

In particular, one song from the soundrack, "While I'm Waiting," by John Waller, has really stuck with me. It talks about how even in seasons when we are waiting on the Lord, we are still called to continue our service and our worship. Though we may be waiting, we can not become stagnant because when we wait on the Lord, we always have hope that He will give us what we need....our waiting is not for nothing. If we choose to stay still in our time of waiting then what will happen when the season comes to a close and we have become stagnant? Or perhaps our season of waiting comes because God chooses to form us during that time, and it will not come to a close until we have come to the point where God wants us. Either way, seasons of waiting are not a punishment, but a gift, an opportunity.

Right now I feel as though I'm in a big season of waiting: waiting to go to Spain, waiting to find out what I'll do this summer, waiting for a special someone in my life. The song keeps playing over and over in my head, and I know God is speaking to my heart. I want to keep serving Him and worshipping him...drawing close to Him.