God's Waiting Room

Prophetic Word Given to Jane Williams
September 29, 1997

"Make haste, O God, to deliver me! Make haste to help me, O Lord." Psalm 70:1

"Many a saint has asked for a speedy deliverance. Many a godly man has asked that I not delay. For the human heart would seem to fail if made to wait beyond hope.

Why do I allow delay? I have told you because I am working out a grander plan than expected - giving you more than you asked for or even knew to request. But I am also working in your heart, preparing you by the wait for what's ahead.

In each case, there is a deeper good being worked out than can be seen on the surface. I may be teaching patience or increasing faith - perhaps causing fruit of the Spirit to grow. Oh, waiting is a most valuable thing - a most productive time. You see, the soil of a heart in waiting is often quite fertile. I can often plant much in one who is waiting. This person is turned towards Me and can thus receive much.

I rarely get as much attention as I do from one who is kept waiting. And amidst their petitions and pleas, I am often able to impart many things. A period of waiting is perhaps the best planting season for Me. Hearts are more receptive then and may be willing to hear whatever I might speak.

Cherish times of waiting. Consider them our special time for then, you fully look toward Me and I can impart much to you. There is no time like waiting to build a relationship. Have you not sat and waited with a friend? Oh, at first, you might talk about how interminable the wait is but often your conversation will turn to other things and you will find out much about each other.

Oh, wait with Me. Let your pleas and petitions turn to other things. Reminisce about My grace upon your life in years past. Discuss My attributes and let Me tell you about how I see you. Spend this time wisely for soon it will end and we will be off and again busy with activity. Enjoy this wait. There is much to learn of Me and hear from Me. I would speak to you about your future work and the call of God on your life. I would sing to you of My great love for you and reassure you of My faithfulness.

Oh, how I want you to enjoy this waiting room we are now in. Notice the things I have provided for you there. Many are being handed books to read and are being seated next to others - all for a specific reason. Oh, this waiting room of the Lord is quite unique. It may appear to the casual observer to be a pointless place to simply pass the time until your name is called. But this is not so at all. The magazine rack has been stocked just for you and it is full of training manuals and instruction booklets for your future work. The people I have gathered there with you are not coincidental seat mates. Many are waiting to have their name called with you and to be brought to the next room alongside you. Oh, this waiting room of the Lord is quite intricately designed. Listen to the music playing overhead. Look out the window at those who are not waiting at all. Every detail about this room is significant. What do you hear? What do you see? Who is alongside you and who do you wish would come and join you?

Oh, this is a waiting room designed to draw many. This is a waiting room to describe to others so they will want to come, too.

'Tell them of the glories of waiting? Oh, Lord that would sound so strange. No one would want to come just to wait on You.'

And I would say, do not be so sure. For many are looking for a quiet place. May are looking for fellowship. May are seeking respite from the pressures of their day. Waiting on the Lord may be more inviting than you think. Ask others to join you even now before you feel the real action has begun. I would have many come even now so they will be there for the calling of names. I would have many come now who will be ushered into other places for great service in days ahead.

You are not inviting people to a drab and boring waiting room. You are inviting them to a wonderful place of infilling and peace. For even in waiting I long to fill and provide perfect peace. The peace obtained there is unshakeable, you know. The things learned there cannot be taken away.

Oh, enjoy My waiting room, you who are there. Notice every detail and make the most of your time. And I would say, begin to invite others in. Tell them of the joy of waiting on God. Tell them of My heart of love for them and My care to provide all they need. And tell them that their names are to be called out soon and that people will be set apart quickly for great works of service. Tell them of the benefits you have gained from waiting and encourage them to come.

And I would say, many in the church are not yet in My waiting room for they have no expectation in their hearts. The waiter is also an expecter, anticipating that their name will be called, expecting to be taken to another place. Oh, let everyone have expectancy in their hearts. Oh, that no one would think there is nothing to wait for and fail to pause in My special room.

Come in. Come in and have a chair. Let Me give you some coffee or tea. Let Me provide you with a book to read and companions to share your wait. Let Me prepare you for the calling out of names. Oh, some will be called sooner than others and more will enter the room. But even this is designed by My hand for I know exactly how long each should linger.

Join the ranks of the expectant. Come into My waiting room for surely there is anointing and training there to enable you to accomplish much. Surely, your name will be called and you will be ushered to a different room where you will be handed the actual tools you need and given opportunity to work - a room where you will serve many and work alongside Me with great joy.

Oh, enjoy this wait for many have only moments before they will be called out. Make the most of every minute you are in this place. Don't let first impressions fool you - the room and its occupants are very important. The natural mind would say, 'Its a pointless place and its surroundings meaningless too.' But I would say, 'It is not so. I have designed it especially for you.'

Come in. Come in. Join the other waiters, and see if expectancy doesn't arise in your hearts. Come in. Come in and rejoice at the calling of names knowing that even this schedule is ordered by God.

There is no one who need not be expectant in this day for I have a plan for each. Your name is on My list and your next room is already being prepared. Think not that the wait will be interminable or unbearably dull. Think not that there is nothing ahead worth waiting for. For those in the waiting room will accomplish much more than those going about business as usual. Those who wait will know vast reward.

What are you waiting for? My kingdom to come on earth as it is in heaven. You are waiting for the Lord to make Himself widely known and to draw many to Zion. You are waiting for the church of the first born to arise in splendor. Oh, you are waiting for something quite grand and I would have you trembling in anticipation.

Tell Me to hurry! Tell your neighbors you are longing for the wait to end but trust Me for great impartation and grace even now. There is glory in the waiting which will be clear in days to come. There is treasure to be found there and bonds to be formed. Get to know your fellow waiters and expect great things together for the call is coming soon and I would have you glean all you can even now.

This time is more important than you think and quite powerful in the advancing of My kingdom. For the enemies of God are watching and are increasingly terrified. 'Will they actually wait on God until He comes? Will they even learn from this time?' Oh, your waiting is causing much stir in the enemy camp for the enemies of God cannot understand such things. To delay gratification or hope in the unseen is not within their grasp. Your participation in such things frightens and demoralizes them.

Wait saints! It won't be much longer. Already, you are hearing Me call some forth and seeing much accomplished. Know that much is taking place in you and in the heavenly realm. Much is being won by your wait. Much is being accomplished in you and much is being orchestrated by My hand to set the stage for future days.

The waiting room of the Lord is a very good place to be. You are safe there - protected, nurtured and kept. For its walls are My arms and its air My breath. Its music the sounds of heavenly praises to My name and its window My view of the world.

Come in! Come in! You have never been to such a place. To wait on the Lord is a place of joy and great peace. A place where your hope is surely not in vain. A place where my call is certain to be heard.

Enjoy this place for I have created it for you. I have decorated it and determined the amount of time to be spent there just of you - with your good in mind.

You could be in no better place. You could be in no safer or richer room than the waiting room of the Lord. My Spirit resides there and My voice is often heard. My people come there and find My grace is fully given.

Enjoy! Enjoy! There is no better place to be until that day you are called forth and even then, you will return again and again for each will be given many appointments with Me. In some cases, you will again be asked to wait. Other times, you will simply walk right into the next room. Whatever the case, trust that I know what I'm doing. Your appointment will never be delayed to reschedule. Things are timed perfectly for you with exactly the wait needed to keep you on course. Enjoy this wait with no fears at all. The schedule was set before the beginning of time and My hand has allowed no deviation since. Everything is going according to plan and all those who wait will be called out by name.