Hurry Up and Wait

Each day is what you make it. Have you heard that before? Do you believe it? I used to live life waiting for things to happen. We would wait to move because we knew PCS orders were coming. We would wait for a family trip because deployment was looming. Or we would wait for material things because we didn’t have the money or we weren’t sure if we would need/want them at the next duty station.

Waiting seems to be a big part of military life. The saying goes “hurry up and wait.” I got tired of that saying. I am still tired of that saying. After all what was I waiting for? God didn’t say hurry up and wait, the Army did. Okay, maybe He did say hurry up and wait. There have been times where God had us in a holding pattern. We didn’t know what the purpose was or why we were waiting but we knew that God would take care of us. Why do we get frustrated when the Army says hurry up and wait but we don’t seem as frustrated when God says wait. Is it because we know in the Army that hurry up and wait really means “I’ll get to your paperwork when I feel like it”, OR, “your paperwork will get pushed through when we see good and fit.” But when we wait on the Lord we know that all things will work out for His Glory. He isn’t sending us anywhere He hasn’t already been. Most of us have a more resolved feeling when we are waiting on the Lord but we hate life when we are waiting on the military.



I don’t like hurry up and wait. I have never liked it. But I can learn to seek God instead of man when I wait. I can seek the lesson that God wants me to have and not the frustration of worry and wonder. When a situation arises and calls for you to wait, remember you are waiting on God not the Army. I think God is a little bigger than the Army. He knows your needs and concerns. He will lead you through the valley. Will you let Him?