Good Things Come To Those Who Wait

The one thing that has been pressing on my heart and my mind over the last couple of weeks is “good things come to those who wait.” Can you think of something that you are waiting for? What is it? How long have you been waiting? It could be days, it could be weeks, it could be months or it could even be years. Good things come to those who wait… Do you believe it’s true?

There have been several significant moments in my life that I can remember where God has spoken to me about waiting, and I have taught on this very subject in the past. Now I don’t consider myself a very patient person. Maybe that’s why God keeps speaking to me about waiting.

There are several things in my life I waited a really long time for, and there are several things I’m still waiting for. The first thing I can think of is my job. I waited for a certain job for over a year. It wasn’t my dream job, but I knew it was a step in the right direction for my dream job (I needed a masters degree for my dream job and I didn’t have one at the time). Then when I got my master’s degree, I started going after my dream job (well what I thought was my dream job) and I didn’t get it. I waited, once again, for over a year. It got to the point to where I was questioning if I had somehow missed it. I even told my supervisor at the time that I was giving up for now and that I might try again later. That very afternoon a job came open and I knew it was the Lord for me apply. I had no idea that, that was actually my dream job.

I went through the whole interview process, was offered the position, accepted and started my new role. I was so unsure of what I was doing the whole entire time. I couldn’t remember the last time I was so nervous starting a new job. I really wasn’t sure what I was getting myself into or if I made the right decision, because I really had a vision in my mind of what I was supposed to be doing and this wasn’t it. Both jobs would have been great, but now that I am in my new role I absolutely love it. This really has become my dream job, I just didn’t know it until I was living it.

Recently, my supervisor came to my office and told me she had noticed I was the only one without a standup desk. She said I should have our admin order me one if I would like one. Now you might think well that doesn’t seem like a big deal, but wait until I tell you why I was the only one without a standup desk. I had a standup desk and I loved it. However, when I switched roles I had to give up my standup desk due to moving departments. When I moved departments, I was given a standup desk. Then I found out someone else really wanted it and I gave it away. I had talked to my supervisor about it and told her I’d just request a new one at the end of the fiscal year when we see how much money we have left to spend. It was later that she told me “why wait?”

I went to our admin’s office to ask her to order me a standup desk and she asked if I liked hers. I told her, “yes but I’m sure that is more than the price I would like to spend.” Then she told me we had one just like it in an empty office I didn’t know existed. This desk is nicer than the two I gave away and nicer than the one I would have bought for myself. Good things come to those who wait…. I was recently telling a friend about this and she said “Melissa, you gave up your standup desk twice and because of that God blessed you with something even better.” Good things come to those who wait…. And those things are even better.

Ephesians 3:30 says “Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all we ask or think, according to the power at working within us.” God gives us more than we could ever imagine. So, whatever it is you are waiting for trust the Lord for that thing. God knows us better than we know ourselves. He has our best interest in mind. Trust that he is going to give you what you need, exactly when you need it.

There are so many things I’ve been waiting for, some of which I’ve waited for years. And to be real, sometimes I wonder why I’m still waiting for those things. Or why I haven’t seen break through in those areas of my life. But I’ve never stopped trusted the Lord for those things.

Isaiah 40:31 says “but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up on wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.” Wait on the Lord. I promise, it will all be worth it. I will admit, I have struggled to wait from time to time. It’s hard. However, I will say that the times I rushed the process are the times I was the most disappointed because it just didn’t seem right. The times, that I was patient and really just waited for God’s timing were the times that I was the most excited because it was even better than I thought it was going to be. Trust the process, wait on the Lord. Good things really do come to those who wait.