Waiting for God

Writer Tope Pearson shares her experience of struggling to see a long-held promise come to fruition – and how she persevered in the years between.

Are you praying for a God-ordained husband? Someone you can share your life and ministry with? Or is there something else that you have long been waiting for? Have you shocked yourself and others at how much you’ve been tempted to compromise?   

Well, I’ve also made mistakes in times of weakness. Looking for love in some of the wrong places, I almost fell for the counterfeits.  

Since the first prophetic word concerning my future husband was given to me, I grew impatient and found myself begging God to see it come to fruition. But God doesn’t want his children to beg. He knows what’s best for you and, he also knows what not be good if he gave it to you prematurely. After all, as in my case, 15 years of waiting is like 15 minutes to God!

As time went by, in the midst of waiting for my promised godly husband and near turmoil, I did something outlandish to prove to God that I took him seriously at His word. God spoke to me about Joshua and the walls of Jericho and how absurd it must have looked at the time, walking around a fortified city for 7 days. So, I did something that looked just as absurd in faith, so God could break my own Jericho wall for my life-long partner. 

How far would you go?