Waiting on God

We all are waiting on God at different times in our lives.  Are you waiting on God right now?  For you it could be a healing, a baby that you long to have, a job, buying a home or praying for the salvation of a loved one.  We can grow weary in waiting.  What is the purpose in waiting?  God tells us in His word that it is good for us to wait on Him.   Those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength.  They will fly high on wings as eagles.  They will run and not grow weary.  They will walk and not faint.  Is. 40:31  Here is an illustration I recently read of how the Lord strengthens us during trials.
"Did you know that an eagle knows when a storm is approaching long before it breaks?  The eagle will fly to a high spot and wait for the winds to come.  When the storm hits, it sets its wings so that the wind will pick it up and lift it above the storm.  While the storm rages below, the eagle is soaring above it.  The eagle does not escape the storm, it simply uses the storm to lift it higher.  It rises on the winds that bring the storms.  When the storm of life come upon us, we can rise above them by setting our minds and our belief toward God.  The storms do not have to overcome us; we can allow God's power to lift us above them.  God enables us to ride the winds of the storm that bring sickness, tragedy, failure, and disappointment into our lives.  We can soar above the storm.  Remember, it is not the burdens of life that weigh us down, it is how we handle them."  Some purposes in waiting can be-
1) God producing humility in us 2) God teaching us to trust Him more 3) purifying us 4)  protecting us 5) strengthening us 6)  maturing us 7) God allowing the excitement of anticipation.  Oh, there are so many more purposes that I could go on and on!  Has this ever happened to you?  While you are praying for a particular situation, your prayer begins to take a turn and you begin to pray with new insight. your prayer goes in a different direction then it did at the start.   It could be that the Holy Spirit began to give you a different perspective than the one you had at first. While we are in that waiting room our perspective can change even though the circumstances don't!