I am worth The Wait too!

I didn’t see that coming!!

Growing up, from stories like the parable of the lost sheep (Luke 15:3-7) and the parable of the lost coin (Luke 15:8-10), I learnt the truth that God is relentlessly patient and that He will pull all stops to get me back.

I AM the LORD your God, I have paid a huge price for you. I gave Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange for you, that’s how much you mean to Me. Because you are precious in My sight, you are honored and I love you! I’d sell of the whole world to get you back, trade creation just for you.

Isaiah 43:3-4(AMP, MSG)

God’s Love is intense! and I absolutely love and enjoy it! Isaiah 43:3-4 (to me) is a kiss from God! I digress (couldn’t help myself 😊).

Okay … before I get into the HolySpirit-inspired understanding of the revelation that I am worth the wait, let me provide some context:

Waiting is NOT my forte. It is sooooo NOT my strongest suit.

With that cleared up, I’ll jump right in to how I understood what the HolySpirit showed me about what God said to me: I am worth the wait too.

The wait in this context is what is at the end of the waiting: WHAT God gave me, WHAT I am waiting for. By His grace and choice (nothing to do with what I did or did not do), solely by His choice (a choice made in His love), God made me worth what He gave me. In His choice to give me what He has given me, He simultaneously made me worth it (He made me deserving of it).

Hence, I am worth the wait. I am worth what He gave me. In His love, He designed and crafted what He gave/gives me uniquely and specially for me.

It is sooo like God to make us worthy – When you can, check out Isaiah 53. It describes all the stops God pulled for our salvation, it summarily outlines all that Jesus suffered (including death) so that we may have and enjoy LIFE – verse 4 says: the chastisement needful to obtain peace and well-being for us was upon Him, a few verses down (in verse 10), it says: it pleased God to bruise Jesus, to crush Him in pain for us! … for our salvation!

I Corinthians 6:20 says “we were bought with a preciousness” – we were redeemed, bought back from slavery and the bondage of sin and death!

The truth that I am worth the wait (that I am worth what and ALL God has given me) makes waiting desirable! It gives me an incentive to wait. I recognize that waiting might still not be my forte BUT I look to, and undoubtedly trust, the HolySpirit (my Helper and Marrow) to help me wait.

A couple more related revelations …

Revelation 3:11B (no pun intended 😉). Paraphrasing, it says: hold tight to what you’ve been given, keep a tight grip on it so that no one takes it from you.

Reading the above scripture has since led to the question: What has God given me? I ask this question every now and again to take stock of what God has given me and so that (with the help of the HolySpirit) I can hold tight to it and NOT let anything, or anyone (including myself), take them away from me. #NoTakers

Related Revelation #1: If what’s at the end of the waiting is what God gave me, not waiting is a “Taker”. Not waiting deprives me of what God has given me. In other words, it steals it from me.

The thief comes only to steal, kill, and destroy BUT I (Jesus) have come that they (believers) mighthaveand enjoy LIFE – real and eternal life, more abundantly and better than they ever dreamed of.

John 10:10

Not waiting on God is a thief! [SeLaH]

Next 😊 …

Mark 11:24 (NKJV)

“ … whatever you ASK for in prayer, BELIEVE you RECEIVE them, and you will HAVE them.”

There’s the Asking, the Believing, the Receiving, and the Having.

What about the Giving? It’s a done deal! It is not an open or pending item. That part is covered!.

Related Revelation #2: When God says Ask (Matthew 7:7), He already wants to give. Asking is NOT what inspires God’s giving.

I’ve come to learn that:

El Shaddai (Giver of Himself) – the One from Whom ALL blessings flow, Giver of life and every good gift, I acknowledge You, I love You, I appreciate You. Thank you for taking care of me and for loving me the way you do – BECAUSE of you, my heritage is indeed beautiful. You are my inheritance, my prize, my pleasure, my satisfaction, and my portion forever!

I CAN’T wait! (pun intended 😊). I excitedly wait to have and enjoy ALL that You have stored up for me. 1 Corinthians 2:9, 1 Samuel 3:11.

… we can NOT round up enough containers to hold everything God generously pours into our lives through the HolySpirit.

Romans 5:5(MSG)

In spite of my natural inclination (weakness), I confidently say I CAN wait because I can do all things through Christ Who strengthens me through His Spirit (the HolySpirit) Who is a foretaste of ALL that You have given me and have stored up for me (Ephesians 1:14).