The Waiting Room

Waiting on the Lord. It is one of the most difficult things to do as a follower of Jesus Christ. Knowing that He is always there, hearing our prayers, even when we don't feel Him can be pretty difficult to accept sometimes. We know He is always there, that He's always listening, but when we don't get stirred, when God doesn't tap into our emotions, sometimes it hurts. Our God is an emotional God, but that doesn't mean that He only works through emotion. We tend to think that if God doesn't make us all excited or if we aren't crying on the ground then His presence isn't there or He isn't moving. We look at these times with the Lord, the times that we don't feel His presence, and we call them "dry times". Beloved, this is a lie. God is always moving in our hearts, do not allow yourself to believe He isn't just because you don't feel it. With our feeble minds and feeble hearts we cannot always comprehend the way God moves in us. We can't always feel Him moving, nevertheless, every time we seek Him with our hearts, He is moving. Dry times only refers to emotional dryness, in that we can't feel God moving with our emotions, but that doesn't mean that He's just leaving us hanging. He's still doing something, and He's telling us to press in harder, He's beckoning us deeper into His Chambers. God is jealous for our love. Do not think of waiting on Him as a chore. Enjoy it! Know that God tests those whom He loves, and that He only wants to do work in our hearts in these times of waiting. He wants us to wait in His presence.