How long is too long to wait for God to fulfill His promise? It seems everywhere I turn in Scripture recently, I am reminded that God’s timing isn’t our timing.

• Sarah giving her maid to Abraham to help God fulfill His promise to make Abraham a mighty nation
• The Israelites making the golden calf because Moses was taking so long on the mountain
• Saul seeking out a medium so he could talk to Samuel and get direction
• and so many more

It’s easy to sit back and judge them, but how many times do I believe God has called me to something, so I must push ahead? When He’s taking longer than I think He should I start to wonder if I should be doing something, saying something, planning something. Because doing something is easier than doing nothing, than waiting.

Instead, I should trust that, if He called me to it, He will make it happen in His timing. I can trust Him for just the next step because my goal is to walk beside Him, not ahead of Him.