The Posture in Waiting (incomplete)

But we forget that waiting is not just about time.

And one thing the Lord has been revealing to me is that waiting is not a season, but a heart posture.

So for those of you that are taking notes tonight, the message is, the title of tonight's message is The Posture in Waiting.

And listen, I know we've heard all the podcasts and read all the books about waiting, right? And it can sound redundant sometimes, but often in our Christian circles, we like to dress waiting up in the wrong attire.

Hear me out.

We love to present waiting as if it's just this to do list that we need to check off.

So in our three month season of doing all the right things, God can finally give us what we want.

And I want to remind you tonight that waiting is not just this isolated temporary season where we do and say all of the right things to the Lord in hopes of getting that thing.

No, it is a posture of the entire Christian walk.

In fact, my friend, she just reminded me before walking up here that we're going to be waiting forever as a believer.

We're going to be waiting on the Lord.

We're going to be we're always going to be waiting on something.

And, you know, sometimes we get in that mindset of like, OK, Lord, dusting your hands off.

I've got what I wanted.

I'm done.

Once you get that thing and you become or you can become complacent or comfortable.

And our walk as believers is one continual invitation to wait on the Lord.

It is a continual expectancy, dependence and surrender in God.

And so today's unanswered prayer often becomes tomorrow's new place of dependence.

Because waiting does not end when the desire arrives.

It simply takes on a new form because our trust has always been meant to rest in the giver rather than the gift.

And so tonight we're going to do a little bit of deconstruction.

And I'm not really a fan of that word, but I think within its right intention, it can be good.

So hear me out.

When we set up these rigid expectations of what our waiting season can look like or how long it should be, before you know it, it becomes this temporary identity that is centered around a desired outcome or a specific earthly resolution.