Worth the Wait

“The worth is in the wait

So put your wait in the worth.”

Feel like you’re dying…life is coming, feel like you’re suffering…joy is on its way, feel like nothing’s going your way…breakthrough will soon be yours if you are willing to wait.  Through death comes life, through suffering comes joy, through sorrow comes rejoicing, through chains comes freedom, through sacrifice comes redemption, through…the list goes on and on.   Those who have suffered much appreciate much and find greater joy in life.  It is only ‘through’ that we come to the other end.  It is only when we have waited that we experience the worth.  But while we are in the place of going through, that is all we can see.  It overwhelms us, unless we choose to keep the worth and the good in perspective.  When we are in it, it’s too close to see the big picture.  We have to take a step back or come to the other side in order to look back and see how the thing that seemed to be killing us was actually saving us.  The bad refines us to good if we are willing to wait.  It won’t be easy, but it’s worth the wait.  You are worth the wait.  And worthy of that which you are waiting.  So remember to keep waiting with your eyes on the worth…it’s worth the wait.  

“God's Spirit touches our spirits and confirms who we really are. We know who he is, and we know who we are: Father and children. And we know we are going to get what's coming to us - an unbelievable inheritance! We go through exactly what Christ goes through. If we go through the hard times with him, then we're certainly going to go through the good times with him! That's why I don't think there's any comparison between the present hard times and the coming good times. “

Romans 8:16-18, Message

I am so quick to forget, so let us together be reminded that Jesus is worthy and worth the wait.  He overcame death after a painful sacrifice (understatement of the century) so that we could be free and live.  People waited many years for Him to come, but it was worth the wait.  So now He calls us to wait even when it’s hard because He knows it will be worth it.  He has given us something worth waiting.  And He believes that you are worth the wait.  So He will keep coming to get your attention until you see that He has created you as His child through the hard and the good times.  You can trust the One through the waiting because He is worth the wait.