What or who are you waiting for?

Have you ever stopped to think about how much time we spend waiting? In our daily lives we wait at the bus stop or we wait at the traffic light. We wait in line at the bank. We rush to the airport to get there on time and then we wait.

We have waiting lines and waiting lists and waiting rooms.

We wait to get out of school. We wait for our first job and then wait for the promotion, or being down-sized out of a job. 

We wait for children to be born; we wait for them to grow-up and leave home so we can have freedom again. And then we wait for them to come back on the holidays. We wait to get married; we wait for retirement, and we wait to die. On another level, we wait for leaders who will help us resolve our economic and social problems. We wait for leaders who will show us the way to peace on earth. "Waiting, waiting,  waiting."
Before you quote Isaiah 40:31 ( But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength.......and  they shall walk and not faint) to me, let me add that waiting upon the Lord is not a passive act where you sit around idly waiting. It requires active involvement through prayer, the study of the word, listening to God and acting upon His word.

So what are you constantly putting off till later? Isn’t it time you got started? What do you do while you wait? Meddle in other people’s affairs? Wallow in self pity?
It’s bad enough that you aren't doing what you know you ought to do to improve and progress your life. Don’t distract others by being critical and judgemental of them. Use your waiting moments more profitably, on things and ways that would be beneficial to you and to others.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time or if we belittle someone else or wait for them to fall out of the game or wait for someone else to approve us; they have their own lives to work on.We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change we seek.

 Maturity includes the recognition that no one is going to see anything in us that we don’t see in ourselves. Stop waiting for a producer. Produce yourself.