Simeon (Luke 2) had been waiting on God.\u00a0 We also wait on God.\u00a0 Below is from Paul Tripp<\/p>\n
When God asks you to wait, what happens to your spiritual muscles? While you wait, do your spiritual muscles grow bigger and stronger or do they grow flaccid and atrophied? Waiting for the Lord isn\u2019t about God forgetting you, forsaking you, or being unfaithful to his promises. It\u2019s actually God giving you time to consider his glory and to grow stronger in faith. Remember, waiting isn\u2019t just about what you are hoping for at the end of the wait, but also about what you will become as you wait.<\/p>\n
Waiting always presents me with a spiritual choice-point. Will I allow myself to question God\u2019s goodness and progressively grow weaker in faith, or will I embrace the opportunity of faith that God is giving me and build my spiritual muscles? (see Psalm 27:4<\/a>)<\/p>\n It\u2019s so easy to question your belief system when you are not sure what God is doing. It\u2019s so easy to give way to doubt when you are being called to wait. It\u2019s so easy to forsake good habits and to take up habits of unfaith that weaken the muscles of the heart. Let me suggest some habits of unfaith that cause waiting to be a time of increasing weakness rather than of building strength. These are bad habits that all of us are tempted to give way to.\u00a0\u00a0 –Paul Tripp<\/p>\n Also, see Psalm 62<\/p>\n