The Call of a Waiter

From ages past no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who works for those who wait for him. Isaiah 64:4 (NRSV)

I dislike waiting. I am not very patient. Amusement parks annoy because you have to wait in line for hours to go on a 3 minute or less ride. Waiting on the internet or a computer is perhaps the most frustrating. Or waiting in traffic—there is no escape. Waiting in can be so painful and challenging.

Yet, there it is…God works for those that wait for him. Yikes! You mean I have to be a waiter (check out this play on words—God calls us to be waiters: being a person that waits for him, and that serves other people). You mean the thing that I struggle with the most is what God is calling us to do—to wait!

Do I wait for his will to be revealed? Do I wait to see what God is doing? Do I wait patiently for him and allow him to do the work or do I just do it.

The call of being a waiter. Argghh. However, The promise is great—He works for us that wait for him.

Lord, help me to be a waiter—to serve your people and to wait for you to work. Grant me patient.