Dear Lord 🙏

When God says to wait, you can expect a delay, even as you decide to follow the dream God places in your heart. God will not fulfil your dream immediately because this is another step toward building your faith. In  Habakkuk 2, God says, “These things I plan won’t happen immediately. The time approaches when the vision will  be fulfilled slowly, steadily, surely.” When your dreams are delayed,  you’ll most likely ask,  “When, Lord? When are you going to answer my  prayer?” And we hate to wait. We don’t like to wait in a doctor’s office, in traffic jams, at restaurants, for Christmas presents, or anything else. But what we hate, worst of all, is waiting on God. We all have to go through these waiting periods. Even Jesus waited thirty years in the carpenter’s shop before starting his public ministry. Why do we wait? It teaches us to trust in God. We learn that his timing is perfect. One of the facts we have to learn is this: God’s delay never destroys his purpose. A delay is not a denial. Children must learn the difference between “no” and “not yet;’  and so must we. We often think God is  saying, “No,” but he is saying, “Not yet.”  Habakkuk 2:3