Waiting

I've been thinking lately about waiting. As most of you know, we are starting to do church in our home here in Irving. We've been "meeting together" for almost 2 months now. 5 of us. I'm getting really anxious b/c there aren't more people here. I want this thing to grow NOW. I mean, God sent us here, why aren't we being "successful."

Someone very wise said to me the other day, "I never regretted waiting on the Lord. I may not have been happy. I may have even kicked & screamed a little, but I never regretted it." That really hit home. I started thinking about waiting and here are some questions I have about it:

Why don’t we like to wait?
Why do we always want things NOW?
Is a desire for instant gratification cultural or part of our "sin nature"?
What’s wrong with waiting?
Is it something we can practice?
Is it something we even need to do?
Is there something wrong with getting everything now?
What does “wait on the Lord” mean?
How does that apply to my daily life?


Here is a list of a few things I wait for:
-David to get home
-food at a restaurant
-money from IRS
-checkout at grocery store
-to talk to someone on the phone
-food to cook

Have you noticed that our culture has created ways (indeed, industries) to cut this waiting down to a bare minimum. Think about it: fast food restaurants, electronic filing (or better yet, a loan for the amount of money the IRS owes you), self checkout, express lanes, call waiting, microwaves. We've even done away with the idea of layaway and replaced it with credit cards. The list could go on and on. All so we cut down our waiting.

So how does this affect us spiritually? This "need" for instant gratification? I don't know. But I'd like to explore it. I know there are not many people who read this blog anymore (since you've all had to WAIT too long for me to update), but if you want to comment and give me your thoughts, insights, I would love it.