As a child, I would always hear Christian folks say they were "waiting on God" for things. It may have been an answer to a prayer or a word regarding their particular situation, but it was always something. As I got older, and started really making an effort to connect with God for myself, I began to realize that there were things that I would have to wait on God for. I didn't really have a great understanding of exactly what it meant to wait though. I know what it means in the natural to wait on someone but in most cases the timeline from when a request is made and when a response is received is a lot shorter between people than it is with God. Right now, I am asking God for guidance on my job situation, and to fix my heart in the event that my relationship status changes. I also need to have a pure heart, I'm still attached to drinking not always to the point of intoxication but I do not always stay within my limits and I need that spirit broken. I know that God answers in His time but I get anxious which is another thing I need to stop doing. I was talking to Demara a few days ago and asked him to summarize what waiting on God looked like for him. He told me about how he is waiting on God to send him a wife. In order to not get confused by all the women around him, he has taken himself off the dating scene. So that wait for him, looks like prayer, asking God's will, then removing himself from the negative situations that take take him away from God's will for his life. I like that mindset. I will do more research but so far waiting for me looks like asking God (in prayer) what is it I need to change and then looking in His word for responses. I have a tendency to act while I'm waiting though and I really need to ask God to break that spirit.
One other thing Demara told me was that he feels "preparation meeting opportunity= success". I like that too. =)
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