Worthwhile Waiting
“And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard from Me” Acts 1:4 NKJV http://bible.com/114/act.1.4.nkjv Living for exigency attracts significant worth of waiting resources, including waiting for career and professional breakthrough, waiting for material and family promotion, waiting for progress in life and ministry, etc. Even the pre-pentecostal experience of the early Apostles underscored the difference between the influence of waiting for administrative changes in human affairs or ministry and the impact of waiting for the promise of the Father. Apparently, the disciples had waited until this time for the fulfillment of the perceived God's promise of administrative and political changes. The best of waiting for administrative efficiency produced Matthias; while waiting for supernatural efficacy produced Paul the Apostle. And later, the early church n...