嘿，
我们都知道神是良善的，可是现实生活……还算不错吧。
你是否也这样觉得，我们已经跟随耶穌有一段时间了，我们的许多祷告——起码是那些要紧的——都得到了回应。你我的信心是坚定的，也相信未来是美好的。
可是…我们总还有一些想要的，一些只有上帝才能给予的事。
刚开始，这样的感觉是令人欣慰的。因为我知道，我的希望、我的快乐都在慈爱的天父手中。只要神动一动手指，事情就可以实现。于是，怀着这样的认知，我们开始向神祷告祈求，求上帝做那些我们靠自己无法实现的事。可是，问题来了，上帝并没有去做。同时，上帝也没有不做。对于我们的祈求，他没有说“可以”，也没有说“不可以”，上帝说的是“等一等”。
什么？等一等？
等一等，就像天空飘来的三个字！简单，又不简单。
不过，好消息是，我们并不孤单。《圣经》中有许许多多的人都经历了等待，他们曾经就想今天的我们一样困惑，迷茫且不快乐。撒拉、哈拿、路得、约瑟、基甸、亚伯拉罕….——他们像我们一样，心怀着期盼。像我们一样，他们在黑暗中等待。他们的故事是上帝给我们的礼物——在等待旅途中鼓励我们的礼物（罗马书15 :4）。
出埃及记3:7 告诉我们，即使现在神没有对我们所处的状态做出改变，他仍然是在乎的：“我确实看见了我百姓在埃及所受的困苦，我也听见了他们因受监工苦待所发的哀声；我确实知道他们的痛苦。”
上帝看见了！
上帝听见了！
上帝在乎！
即使是在他让我们等一等的时候。
嘿, 我不能告诉你未来会发生什么，但我可以给你这个祝福：希望《圣经》能带给你力量和属灵的智慧，不去“忍受”你的等待，而是要在“等待”中成长为上帝想要你成为的人。
当神说”等一等”时，他不会告诉我们要等多久。
当神说”等一等”时，我们就需要做一个决定。
当上帝说”等一等”时，我们只能掌控两件事：一个是我们要如何等待，另一个是在等待的路上，我们要成为什么样的人。
那么，还等什么呢？让我们开始吧。
我深信在活人之地必得见耶和华的恩惠。
要等候耶和华，当壮胆，坚固你的心，要等候耶和华！（诗篇 27：13-14）
请你查考这些经文，让它们在等待中给你鼓励！
出埃及记3:7
罗马书15:4-5
诗篇27
诗篇38:9-10
诗篇38:15
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It goes something like this:
God is good. Life is. . .pretty good. We’ve been following Jesus for a while, and many of our prayer requests—at least the most important ones—have been answered. Our faith is strong, the future bright.
But then. . .we want something. Something only God can give.
At first, that knowledge feels comforting. Our hopes, our heart, our happiness—all in the hands of our loving Father. All He has to do is snap His all-powerful fingers and. . .done.
So we turn to God with our request, asking Him to do for us the thing we cannot do for ourselves. But there’s a problem. He doesn’t do it. He doesn’t not do it, either. God doesn’t say no, but neither does He say yes. God says, “Wait.”
Wait, what? This is the twenty-first century! Wait is a four-letter word!
The good news? We are not alone. People in the Bible also had to wait, and most of them were just as confused as we are, just as mystified and unhappy. Sarah, Hannah, Ruth, Joseph, Gideon, Abraham, and many more—like us, they hoped; like us, they waited in the dark. Their stories are God’s gifts to us—gifts to encourage us in our journeys (Romans 15:4).
Exodus 3:7 shows us that even when God does not change our circumstances, He still cares: “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering.”
God sees.
God hears.
God cares.
Even when we’re waiting.
I can’t tell you what lies ahead, but I can offer this: Hope that the Bible can help you find the strength and spirituality not just to suffer through your waiting times but to grow through them into the person God wants you to be.
When God says, “Wait ,” He doesn’t tell us for how long.
When God says, “Wait,” we have decisions to make.
When God says, “Wait,” we can control only two things: how we wait, and who we become along the way.
So what are we waiting for? Let’s get started.
I remain confident of this:
I will see the goodness of the Lord
in the land of the living.
Wait for the Lord;
be strong and take heart
and wait for the Lord. (Psalm 27:13–14)
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