I remember hearing that many times as a child. I never really got it until I got older and began cooking. If your mission is to boil water for tea, you put the pot of water on the stove, turn on the burner, and wait. It can seem a very long time until the kettle boils.
However, if you are preparing a meal and boiling pasta, you set the pot of water on a burner to boil, but your mind is racing about with other preparations- maybe chicken in the broiler and bread in the oven, and next thing you know, there's a sizzling sound of water and steam as the pot boils over.
What's the point?
Hope Living church has been in a season of waiting on God. I personally have been seeking His direction and I've been determined not to do anything until I'm certain that I'm in His perfect will and following his instruction.
Watching and waiting can be a time of perceived nothingness, it's like that when you're waiting in a long line at Disneyland. You just kind of stand still, hoping that you'll move forward eventually.
I recently heard a great word on waiting on God that changed my perspective:
Waiting is Serving
What is the name for the one who serves you at a restaurant ? A Waiter (or Waitress).
Webster defines Waiter as 'one who waits on another'.
When applied to God, one that is waiting upon God is actively serving Him, attending to him.
Waiting on God is more than merely marking time while expecting Him to move! It is to be a time of pursuing His presence, serving Him with whatever He has placed in your hands and heart!
