wait EXPECTANTLY!

"Listen to my voice in the morning, Lord. Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly"

Psalms 5:3

In a day, 24hours, how often are you in the state of waiting for something, for anything really...be it waiting for the bus, waiting for the train, waiting for your food to be cooked, waiting for your parents to pick you up, waiting in the line at the supermarket, waiting for the time to pass, waiting for friend/s to arrive, waiting for an event to begin or even for it to end, waiting for a waiter to serve you or to take your order, waiting at the gas station, waiting for your face mask to dry out so you can peel it, waiting for your favourite show to come on the TV, waiting for God?

Just think about it, today how much time did you spend just waiting?

Now how much time did you spend today waiting on God?

That's what hit me when I read the verse...very often we just come to God showing him a list of things that we want, a list of wants, a list of needs, a list of desires, a list of lists! More often than not sometimes we rush through things, even the more important things in life, for what? To wait yet again for another thing to come by...

I am not saying that we should all just stay in our rooms 24/7 just waiting and waiting, cause then it'll be unproductive, and we know that we were all created to be productive! But it is important to know that whenever we come into His awesome presence, we shouldn't rush through things, we shouldn't just touch and go, we should be ready to be soaked completely, to be well and fully marinated by His presence.

When we marinate meat, to ensure that the sauce fully penetrates into the innermost parts we got to leave it overnight! BUT that's not the whole picture...yes we are to wait on God...and not rush through...BUT...you see, the verse doesn't just end with the word wait....it ends with the word...EXPECTANTLY!!

The word "expectantly" means to be in eager anticipation! And you're only eagerly anticipating good things, I mean have you ever heard of a child who's expectantly waiting to catch chicken pox? OK maybe not such a good illustration...cause some people do like to get sick so they can skip school...but you get the idea~

You're only in this state of expectancy for a good thing! This tells me one thing above all else...that when we wait for God...He wants us to wait EXPECTANTLY to show us something! And something GREAT!

Sometimes we don't like waiting, we want to see results, and to see it immediately! To see it now! IF not we just go looking for the next big thing! But God has His own perfect timing! God knows what is good for us at the perfect time, not too early not too late!

So whether you're waiting for revival to hit your school or workplace, waiting for the hundredfold blessings that everyone is talking about, waiting for you entire family to receive salvation, waiting for your healing to come, waiting for that breakthrough, just wait in His presence...and to wait EXPECTANTLY!! Cause He is going to make a scene that will just BLOW YOUR MIND AWAY!