Our Waiting Time

It seems a lot of Jon’s Brothers & Sisters in Christ are experiencing many mixed feelings over the last few weeks. Jon initially started to share his “spiritual hiccups” and is surprised to know that Jon is actually not alone.

Guess it is not uncommon to see Christian’s life fluctuates over time. Just to take a leaf of Sis Pris’s testimony last Friday: “As long as the overall fluctuation is moving upwards, we are fine.” Now this statement seems very logical!

In fact, Jon has a burden for his Brothers & Sisters in Christ so let Jon brings all of you closer to find out what God has in stored for His heavenly children:

Most people, including Jon, experienced ups and downs in life. We had a lot of low moments and worse we might have even fall into terrible depressions before. However one should always bear in mind that our God is full of Compassion and we must believe that God will never be through with us. We must always be convicted that our “LIFE PRISON” was part of God’s vision for our life; To Him what we had gone through was called “WAITING TIME”.

What is Waiting Time?

Remember Nehemiah? He had to wait 4 months before he got a chance to speak to King Artaxerxes. Can you imagine if you have a burden for 4 months? It is like been locked in a “prison cell” for 4 months alone. Most people would plunge into deep depression… but not Nehemiah. He used the “Waiting Time” preparing for God’s vision. Eventually when the opportunity struck, Nehemiah knew exactly what to do… The rest you already know.

To God, there can be difficult time. Painful time. Frustrating time. But not wasted time. Waiting Time is not wasted time for anyone in whose heart God has placed a vision.

Brothers & Sisters, God has you where He wants you. He is the master strategist. We are an important component in His strategy. He is the head. We are members of the body. He is in control. We are to surrender to that control. That’s where God can use our circumstances to position and prepare us to accomplish His vision for our life!

Remember, Waiting Time will not be wasted time!!! God is at the center of it all!

Amen.

(Waiting Time is an abstract taken from Visioneering (By Andy Stanley) which Jon is reading now.)

Church Camp is coming, Jon wants to challenge his Brothers & Sisters in Christ not to waste the next 2 weeks time doing nothing. It is time to start preparing... Take the next 2 weeks as the "Waiting Time" to prepare for the "Breakthrough" that God has in stored for you. If you fail to plan in God's vision, then you plan to fail in fulfilling His vision.