It’s Important to Have Faith…Because WAIT is Not Easy

I will not lie to you. WAIT is hard; it’s difficult and like the path of a narrow road, comes with a myriad of challenges and unique hurdles. The struggle emanates from the world, yourself, the carnal man, who is driven by the Pride of Life, the Lust of the Eyes and the Lust of the Flesh and of course the Devil who uses the 3 to execute ones downfall. Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Faith then provides that affirmation that God is going to do that thing even when I see it not and it hasn’t manifested in the physical realm. Faith causes one to build up on that hope that God will fulfill His promise in the course of time. 

And so we ask, why is faith an important thing for unmarried in their season of waiting? Simple. Faith solidifies your trust in the Lord that if He had called you for celibacy, then He would have told you so and so like Abraham, you learn to hope against all hope. Remember how he was assured of a son even past child bearing, but the Bible records that he believed and did not waiver in his faith.

Wait is hard and difficult of I guess almost all exhortations in the Bible. Wait becomes even harder when we are uncertain of the future or the thing we are waiting for. Choosing to wait in this sense will in some way mean facing the difficulty of isolation and sexual frustration. Other times you may go for months feeling very assured that your contented in Christ and are cool with where you are only to run into an a seeming “happy and flawless couple” and end up spending the weekend depressed and questioning your sanity; Like you are missing out on a key eschaton affair like rapture while the rest are enjoying reigning with the King.

Like any other ‘mountain” in life the Wait has its ups and downs, seasons of triumph, and plateaus where nothing seems to be happening. It is in this bleak season when you wonder if your choice to find security in Him and WAIT that faith helps you hold everything together. You see, it is Faith in Him that keeps us going through those quiet times, trusting that if we persist and stay true to our intention, He will reward us in due time. Those times that you thought you were strong in Him and as you passed by Caffe Deli, an urge of having coffee with someone dear and telling of how your day was overwhelms you and you feel like life sucks. Those times that you went to a play at Alliance’ Françoise solo and you wish you could share the jokes and laugh with somebody dear. Yes, faith helps you to hold up together at those desperate times.

Vs  ^6 “But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.”

Because this Wait lies in uncertainty of the duration it will take for your supposed mate to become apparent to you, then faith becomes a basic ingredient without which it’s hard to hold up without.

No one knows the when. For some it could be months, years before you are mentally, emotionally, and spiritually set, but there’s no way to know when that will be.

With WAIT, then one must have faith that God will make your wait worthwhile. And as the psalmist shares in Chapter 27 vs 14 “Wait on the Lord;Be of good courage,And He shall strengthen your heart;
Wait, I say, on the Lord!

Remember, faith is not about everything turning out okay. Faith is about being okay no matter how things turn out. And in as much as faith is invisible like the Wi-Fi, it will connect you to what you need to see.

Keep the faith up.

Deepest Care,

Sisters’ Keeper.

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