What Are You Waiting For?
It’s easy for me to sit on the sidelines and watch others race by. I’m not competitive, so I can easily let you go ahead of me. I don’t jump the gun like some personalities. Instead I stay back and I wait and wait. And yet sometimes I wonder what on earth am I waiting for.
* Am I waiting for the stars to line up just right?
* Am I waiting until I have enough resources, time, talent or money?
* Am I waiting for more energy?
* What am I really waiting for?
Maybe I’m waiting until my house is all organized and my garage is spotless and I have oodles of free time. Or maybe I’m waiting until I know exactly what I’m doing before I start. Ha. That will never happen. Don’t we learn as we get up and go? Through trial and error?
The truth is I’m waiting until I decide I am ready to start. It’s procrastination and it affects my relationship with God. He says, “Go,” and I say, “No. Not yet.” Stalling is my way out. I over analyze. I say “I’m still praying” because it’s easier than admitting I’m afraid to take my place. I’m afraid of how hard and long the race will be. I’m afraid I might fall flat on my face.
How about you? Are you waiting when you should be running your race? Are you putting something off that you know God wants you to do?
Somehow I can hear God, like Dr. Phil, saying, “How’s that working for you?”
My answer: It’s not.
I’m sick and tired of procrastinating. God has a specific race for me to run, a lane with my name on it. I don’t see the end, or even the middle, but I do see the beginning. I know where to start. I know what is required of me: Put one foot in front of the other. Step out.
And regardless of my fears, I have exactly what I need to complete my course:
I have Christ in me.
Is He not enough for me to even start?
Ouch.
So I pray, Lord Jesus, help me trust You with my race. In my own strength I don’t have the strength to finish, but through You I can do all things. Help me stop stalling, stop comparing, stop fearing, and just start. I hear your voice saying, “On your mark, get set, go.” Okay, no more waiting, slow and steady here I go. Today I trust You enough to start. Amen
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. 1 Corinthians 9:24
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, Hebrews 12:1
Moving once again,
Tiffany at Tea with Tiffany
Amen, precious prayer.
Often I wonder what I am waiting for. I just need to step out in faith, even if it means I may stumble a little.
Thank you for the reminder that we already have everything we need: Christ within us.