"How you... waitin'?"

NKJV Psalms 62:5 “My soul, wait silently for God alone, For my expectation is from Him” Do you watch Wendy Williams? Have you ever heard her catch-phrase, "How you doin'?" I'm pretty sure the majority of America has heard her say this popular phrase. What I want to know is not "how you doin," but, "how you…waiting?" There are so many instances when we have to wait, from waiting for a subway train or taxi cab to waiting on your family members to come downstairs and get in the car so you won't be late for church. I don't know about you but in more cases than not… I hate waiting! I'm a stickler for being on time so I value mine. I do my best to arrive or start tasks on time, that being said, I expect others to value my time and do the same. Time is one thing in this life that we cannot get back because once it's gone it's gone. Recently waiting on my daughter to come out of basketball practice I became impatient. She had asked me to arrive at a particular time and I did. Only when I arrived she wasn't ready, causing me to wait, and that didn't sit well with me especially after 20 minutes. As I sat and waited I thought, "I'm sitting here waiting and fuming yet she's inside without a care because she knows I'm out here, and if I weren't out here she'd know I was coming." I said all of that to say this, the next time you are waiting on the Lord, "how you waiting?" Are you waiting like I was at that moment, full of anxiety, mad and impatient? Or are you waiting like my child was without worry or care in the world, but with expectation and knowing that what you need is either already there or on the way. Let’s revert back to the scripture at the top of this article. Psalms 65:2 says “My soul, wait silently for God alone, For my expectation is from Him.” It is in God we must trust with expectation while we are waiting. The writer here says “for my expectation is from Him.” I interpret that as them saying they are saying, “Hey I’m going to expect great things for the God who created expectation, and it doesn’t get any better than that!” Now don’t think I’m saying that waiting on God to move and trusting him all the while is not a challenge because I know from experience it certainly is. However I also have several testimonies and know from experience that when you please God and wait on Him with expectation…well let me give you scripture, Proverbs 23:18 KJV says “For surely there is an end, and thine expectation shall not be cut off.” Think about it!