Aug 28, 2026 · 49 min · 17 segments
No one likes to wait. The gaps of life remind us that we’re not in control of your life. Waiting is uncomfortable and hard, so it’s tempting to resist it. However, the Bible both commends and commands…
Well, and I was astonished when you look at the types of waiting, particularly that women are doing.
Some of you are waiting for a prodigal to come home.
Some of you are dealing with infertility or chronic pain, and you're waiting for healing.
Some of you are waiting for a husband.
Those are all powerful biblical images, you know? And it's so interesting that God uses real waiting in our lives to show a picture of His gospel, whether it's you waiting for your prodigal child to come home.
Um, I love the story of Elizabeth, um, who was married to Zechariah well past childbearing age.
And I love that when the angel told Zachariah that his old wife was gonna have a son, he was also announcing not only had her barrenness ended, but the barrenness of Israel had ended.
And, you know, we are not central to the Biblical story in the same way that Elizabeth and John the Baptist were, but we can still live out that picture in our lives as we wait.
So we look at the Biblical characters, and, um, we see a little bit of their struggle, although we have the advantage of kind of fast-forwarding through their lives, right? So you have Abraham, Joseph, Job, Paul.
I mean, basically the story of every person in the, the Bible by and large is there's waiting baked into their story.
So you'd think we'd see that, and we would be like, "Oh, yeah, waiting is something we should embrace more often." Why do you think waiting is hard, and why do we not embrace it? Unless you think waiting's easy.
I don't think waiting is easy.
I think we don't like to be out of control.
And that makes it really hard.
I think we don't like to be hurt, so we would rather just end...
Like, we'd rather...
I mean, honestly, that's what's des- desirable about Buddhism to people, is it promises if you just get rid of your desires, you won't be able to experience pain.
Waiting opens you up to experience pain, especially if you don't know if you're ever gonna get the thing you're waiting for.
So I think those are just a couple of the reasons that it's really hard.
Well, and I was astonished when you look at the types of waiting, particularly that women are doing.
Some of you are waiting for a prodigal to come home.
Some of you are dealing with infertility or chronic pain, and you're waiting for healing.
Some of you are waiting for a husband.
Those are all powerful biblical images, you know? And it's so interesting that God uses real waiting in our lives to show a picture of His gospel, whether it's you waiting for your prodigal child to come home.
Um, I love the story of Elizabeth, um, who was married to Zechariah well past childbearing age.
And I love that when the angel told Zachariah that his old wife was gonna have a son, he was also announcing not only had her barrenness ended, but the barrenness of Israel had ended.
And, you know, we are not central to the Biblical story in the same way that Elizabeth and John the Baptist were, but we can still live out that picture in our lives as we wait.
So we look at the Biblical characters, and, um, we see a little bit of their struggle, although we have the advantage of kind of fast-forwarding through their lives, right? So you have Abraham, Joseph, Job, Paul.
I mean, basically the story of every person in the, the Bible by and large is there's waiting baked into their story.
So you'd think we'd see that, and we would be like, "Oh, yeah, waiting is something we should embrace more often." Why do you think waiting is hard, and why do we not embrace it? Unless you think waiting's easy.
I don't think waiting is easy.
I think we don't like to be out of control.
And that makes it really hard.
I think we don't like to be hurt, so we would rather just end...
Like, we'd rather...
I mean, honestly, that's what's des- desirable about Buddhism to people, is it promises if you just get rid of your desires, you won't be able to experience pain.
Waiting opens you up to experience pain, especially if you don't know if you're ever gonna get the thing you're waiting for.
So I think those are just a couple of the reasons that it's really hard.
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