Are any of you all as bad at waiting as I am?

I want you to think for just a minute about how you were feeling just now, as you were waiting.

As you were waiting, likely some type of emotion was triggered inside of you.

And if you're honest, you were feeling something you don't like to feel.

And I won't make you think about why you were feeling what you were feeling something you don't like to feel. And I won't make you think about why you were feeling what you were feeling yet. That's coming. But how many of you would say, and I want you to participate in whatever room you're in, even if you're in your living room, whatever campus you're at, whatever church you're at, how many of you would say that was uncomfortable? You were uncomfortable. Like it was awkward. Okay, so a bunch of us uncomfortable. How many of you were irritated? You were like, what is going on? Can these people not get it together? Like, I got places to go. Like, let's get the show on the road. Okay, and then really quick, how many of you were concerned? Anybody concerned? Yeah, like two of you. Those are the real

spiritual people in the room. You were concerned that there was a problem. Here's the thing. Those are

all natural, normal responses to waiting. I will say this. I will think twice before I do a

series on waiting again this week. I felt like the Lord gave me all sorts of opportunities to wait at the doctor's office in traffic,

several places that maybe I was just more aware of it,

but I got to learn a lot in the waiting.

But here's what I'd like for us to do for just a minute as we start.

I'd love for you to transport yourself back to a season when you were in a

prolonged season of waiting. You might be in it right now. But you were in a prolonged season of

waiting and you were waiting on something, something significant, not just menial, but like really

significant in your life. And you might even say you were waiting on God.

Maybe it was a specific physical need or a financial need or a relational need. Maybe it was

something you've been investing in. You were waiting to sort of come to fruition or get a return on.

Maybe you were working towards something. You were dreaming of something.

You were hoping for something specific in your life. And some of you were even waiting after

praying. You've been praying and you were waiting on God to answer. Maybe just a simple yes or no,

but maybe you were waiting on clarity or you were waiting on a direction or you were waiting on healing or you were waiting on help.

And the truth is psychologically, there's three natural and normal and primary reactions that are triggered by seasons of waiting.

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