Growing Tired

Tom Petty famously sang "the waiting is the hardest part." We don't like to wait, do,we? We want it now!

Sometimes, God makes us wait. Maybe the answer to a prayer hasn't come. Maybe the sickness we've been fighting won't go away. Maybe it's just one more day of the drudgery we've become accustomed to. But still we wait.

And we grow weary as we wait. Waiting wears us out. Waiting is not passive like falling asleep on the couch while watching tv and waiting for our teenager to return home late at night. Waiting is active like cleaning the house as we await family and friends for a big holiday get together. Waiting wears us out.

But we should remain actively waiting. Like the virgins who had enough oil and kept their lamps burning as they awaited the bridegroom. (Matthew 25) They knew the bridegroom was coming and they, though they may have been tired, we're ready for his coming.

Whatever it is that we are waiting for, whatever it is that is making us grow weary, we know that God's promises are reliable. We know that Christ is coming again. The waiting may be the hardest part, but when the promises of God are fulfilled, we know that it is worth the wait!