We resist waiting, but God calls us to wait on Him with active expectation. When we learn that waiting renews our spiritual strength and opens us to revelation, it transforms from frustration into anticipation of His promises. Imagine the wings of eagles lifting your spirit as you trust that the King is coming.

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Good morning. This is Wednesday, September the 23rd, 2026, and I welcome you to today's edition of Camino Chronicles. Join me in this, this little saunter [laughs] along the path of life. You and I probably share in the experience of an uncomfortable thing called waiting. Mm-hmm. Our real-world lives move at such a pace that we just don't like to wait. We don't like to wait in lines for anything. We, we don't like to be put on hold when calling someone. We don't like traffic and endless stoplights. Now, the list goes on, and I'm sure you have your, your favorite disliked waits. As Paul says in the Book of Romans, "I want what I want when I want it." [laughs] Well, now, that's my paraphrase, but it speaks well about how I feel about waiting for what I want. Th- this business of waiting runs smack into another wall I have to climb over called patience. I don't want patience. I want what I want, [laughs] and I'd prefer it to be soon. It's interesting that the words wait, waiting, and waited are used at least 149 times in the Bible, with lots of different applications to various situations. And the words patient, patiently, and patience, they're used at least 49 times. So it- it's pretty clear there is something to pay attention to here since God's Word addresses it some 200 times. Something to wait for with even a bit of patience to, to discover something important, something that would benefit us, emphasis on that which would benefit us, which is very much something I want. So digging into God's Word provides for us an amazing discovery, th- this thing called revelation, if we hunt for it and are open to it. You see, I find that when the Lord talks to me about waiting, He isn't asking me to be passive, you know, just hanging around with no purpose. God's kind of waiting is based on us waiting on Him so that He can arrange the things of life. "They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. They shall mount up as with wings of eagles," the Bible tells us. Spiritual renewal isn't passive. It's strength building, which means it's a very active thing. Just try to imagine all the ways the metaphor wings of eagles can be applied to your life. To get places, to find food, to escape something, or just to soar. Hmm. But there's another very important thing about waiting that we need to learn and live. It's in Psalm 1:30, verses one through six, where the pilgrims who would climb the hill ascending to Jerusalem would be all the while singing songs with melodies and harmonies, with stringed instruments or horns, and surely with united voices saying, and I quote, "I wait for the Lord. I have put my hope in His word," close quotes. This is not a passive waiting. It is very proactive. This isn't hanging around half asleep waiting for stuff to change. It's almost an infantry march of your spirit. Hope is the declaration of faith, which means hope is a war word. When I realize that Jesus Christ is coming again with an incredible and, and most wonderful agenda that includes me, [laughs] that connects to my soul. It invigorates my spirit. It, it makes me want to know more about it, and it causes me to be so much more expectant a- and full of awe and even fuller of hope as my faith activates, and I begin to believe that more is possible. [laughs] Because with Jesus, all things are possible. Can I get an amen? [laughs] Oh. So for a real-life application of this, next time you're in that line waiting, remember that Jesus is at work and start thinking about His coming a- and see if the time doesn't pass more easily, hmm? The Psalm said, "I wait for the Lord," and I'm learning by experience that sometimes the waiting I have to do in traffic, for example, works out for my benefit. It keeps me from having an accident had I not waited. Okay. There are many such preventions that the Lord's guardian angels have worked out on your behalf. So I, I hope you'll be able to be a better waiter as I'm trying to learn as well, and maybe renew your spirit by being much more expectant of what lies ahead. Because, folks, the King is coming. Believe it. Be patient. But wait with holy expectation, and the time will pass by better. Wow. God bless you today as you walk through this day expecting the best. Pastor Skip out.