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The Book of James: Part 13 - Don't Waste the Wait
What do you do when you have done everything you know to do, and
nothing seems to be changing?
You prayed. You tried to make the right decisions. You stayed faithful. But
the answer has not come, the situation still feels unfair, and God seems
frustratingly quiet.
In Don’t Waste the Wait, Pastor Ezra tackles one of the hardest parts of
faith: trusting God when you cannot see what He is doing.
James 5 gives us the picture of a farmer who plants a seed and then waits.
Nothing visible may be happening above the ground, but that does not
mean nothing is happening underneath it. The farmer prepares, plants,
stays faithful, and trusts God with what he cannot control.
That is where this message gets painfully practical. Some of us are
exhausted because we are trying to make it rain. We are trying to control
the timing, the outcome, other people’s responses, and things that were
never ours to carry.
Pastor Ezra also challenges us not to let a difficult season turn us into
difficult people. Pressure leaks. Hurt can become bitterness.
Disappointment can become cynicism. But you can hurt and still be kind.
You can have questions and still trust. You can be under pressure and still
look like Jesus.
Waiting does not have to be wasted time.
The question is not only, When will this change? A better question might be,
Who am I becoming while I wait?
Because you cannot always control the season you are in. But you can
decide who you become in it.
Stay planted. Do the next right thing. Release what you cannot control.
And trust that God can be working even when you cannot see the evidence
yet.
