 If you have your Bible, would you please turn with me to John chapter 12? Today, of course is Palm Sunday. It's the day that Jesus rode into Jerusalem. It's also called the triumphal entry. It's just a few days before Jesus would be put to death and a week before his resurrection. Palm Sunday, what Jesus does during this day, sets things in motion. To bring about his own crucifixion. But today, what I want us to see is that God had an important plan that was being fulfilled, even when the disciples didn't understand. And I want to share from John's side of the story today. This is one of the unique incidences in the life of Jesus that appears in all four of the Gospel accounts, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. But each with their own unique perspectives. I want to look at John's perspective today in John chapter 12. You can follow along beginning in verse 12. It says the next day a great multitude that had come to the feast when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him and cried out Hosanna Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord the king of Israel when Jesus When he had found a young donkey, he sat on it as it is written fear not daughter of Zion behold your king is Coming sitting on a donkey's cult and here's where I want to focus our story today in verse 16 his disciples did not Understand these things at first But when Jesus was glorified Then they remembered that these things were written about him and that they had done these things to him Today I want us to look at in this poem Sunday story That between the promise of God and the fulfillment of that promise the performance of that promise There's always a period of time But in that period of time God is preparing you for something and that's something for you But in that period of time it's hard to wait And so I want to share a message with you that I'm entitling the waiting room And let's pray and ask God to bless this time that we have to be together Lord as we come before you and open up your word We pray once again that your word Would take root within our lives Transform and change us to buy your word today and that we thank you that your word is alive and That through your word you can speak to each of us individually where we are at in our lives And so God I pray That you would give us eyes to see you clearly from the pages of your work and That you would speak to each of us today as if this message was for us in Jesus name Amen We live in a fast-paced Society Where we want everything to happen Immediately we want all to happen real fast. That's why we even have fast food We want our food fast and I love how when you go through the drive-thru window at some places They have those little timers with a little note that says if your food isn't out in 60 seconds Your fast food is free And I love that because when it gets about 45 seconds, I start getting excited Like I might get a free meal, but they always come out before the timer is up But we can't even wait 60 seconds to get our food because we need everything to happen fast We have fast food. We want fast cars How many people do you know have ever picked a car out because of how slow it goes? Like that only has five horsepower. It's great. I Never have to worry about going over the speed limit. No matter what it doesn't go that fast We have fast food. We want fast cars We even have a microwavable meals called instant dinners We want our dinners to be instant. Why because cooking in the words of the lady who went viral Ain't nobody got time for that We have fast food. We want fast cars. We have instant dinners and they even have express lanes at the grocery stores Interesting enough. They also have them on the highways How many of you have ever used the express lane at the grocery store with a show of hands? You've used the express lane at the grocery store. I love that lane That is the lane I want to be in and whenever I go to the grocery store Even if I'm set to get more than 10 items Because they're limited to 10 items or less. I limit myself to 10 items because I want to get in and out fast And how many of you with a show of hands have ever been guilty of counting anybody else's items in the express lane? I Always find myself doing that, you know, one two three 12 12 For sure they have like 26 in their car. What are they attention shoppers this person right here should not be in the express lane We have fast food we want fast cars we want fast dinners We even have the express lanes because in this fast paced Society we have lost our ability to wait None of us like to wait None of us like to have to be patient I've heard someone say make sure you never pray for patience because God might test you with that one None of us like to wait. That's why we even get angry when we hit a red light Come on somebody you hit a red light And what's worse is when you the light turns yellow and you're just a little bit too far to gun it through You know yellow means slow down, but in California. It actually means go really fast Because we live in a fast paced society And when you hit the red light, you know, it's not even like you came up to a red light But you hit a red light it turned red in front of you which is the worst because you know you're gonna have to wait there the longest It's gonna be at least an extra 10 seconds and heaven forbid you have to wait an extra 10 seconds Now the worst thing is when you get stuck behind a red light that doesn't have a sensor Anybody ever get stuck behind a red light that doesn't have a sensor and there's no cars on the road No one's there Minute after minute goes by hour after hour at least it seems that way And you're waiting how many of you with a show of hands have ever been tempted just to go through the red light When no other cars are on the man. There's so many bad drivers at Calvary Chapel Chino Valley We don't like to wait And so it should be no surprise to us that when it comes to the promises of God being fulfilled in our lives That we have a hard time waiting to see what God will do But what I want us to see today is that when we go through a difficult situation When we're in a season of difficulty What I want us to see is it's hard to see what God is doing when you're going through difficulty But even when you don't see what God is doing just because you don't see it doesn't mean that God isn't in it We walk by faith not by sight And so I want us to see today the importance of us even when we don't Understand what God is doing. We're not always called to understand God's plan But we are called to simply obey his command so when we go through Circumstances that we don't understand whether it's a tragedy that takes place Whether it's a car that breaks down or Perhaps it's a relationship that didn't work out or the boss who said I no longer need you and the boss lets you go or Your plan of going to that college that you didn't get accepted to whatever it might be in your life When we don't understand why we ask God Why are you allowing this? to happen And sometimes We don't hear an answer We don't understand why And you're in that period of time that I call the waiting room You're waiting for the great physician to come through You're waiting for God to do what he promised he said he would do But sometimes day after day week after week month after month year after year goes by and it seems like God isn't coming through But even when your plans look like they are failing God's plans are still being fulfilled We don't like to be in the waiting room Even the word waiting room Comes with a sense of dread why because it has the word weight in it and we don't like to wait in the waiting room well just to prove that point three letters that can cause all of you to dread the waiting room DMV None of us like to go there. Why because we know we're gonna have to wait until they call G one million four hundred and twenty six thousand three hundred ninety and Then it's your turn Not only the DMV, but the doctor's office. No one likes to spend time in the waiting room in the doctor's office I have three young children and going to the pediatric office. It's not fun because Well, I try not to let my kids touch anything because everything is gross you know every Doctor's office for children seems to always have play food Why? Because what every child wants to do with play food is pretend like they're eating it and you know, they never clean that stuff and So no one likes to be in the waiting room for any extra time No one likes to be at the DMV because we have to wait, but when you are waiting God is still working When you are waiting God is still working break this down number one when you are in the waiting room God is working When you are in the waiting room God is working Romans 828 says that God is working All things together for good For those who love him and are called according to his Purposes God is using this waiting room the season that you're in in your life presently whether you're in home Literally waiting to be able to come out of your home or you're in church in a difficult season. You're waiting for things to change No matter what waiting room you're in when you're in that waiting room. God is still working Working all things together for good for those who love him and are called according to his purposes And that's why when our plans look like they are failing God's plans are still being fulfilled And that's what I want us to see in this Palm Sunday text today from John chapter 12 This is what makes Palm Sunday so special is that when we realize what Jesus was doing was always all a part of his plan Even when his disciples didn't understand It says in verse 12 the next day a great multitude that had come to the feast when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem Took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him and cried Hosanna Hosanna literally means save now Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord the king of Israel Then Jesus when he had found a young donkey sat on it as it is written fear not Daughter of Zion behold your king is coming sitting on a donkey's colt It's interesting this Palm Sunday Jesus rode into Jerusalem the capital of Israel and Jesus came in on a donkey and people were laying down Palm branches Palm branches in the Bible is a sign of royalty and They were laying their cloaks down We know from another passage of scripture and when they were laying their cloaks down it was an act of homage to royalty Palm branches in the lane of cloaks What they were doing is they were having a triumphant entry You see when a king would go off to battle and he would be victorious He would come back from that battle and in the capital They would have a parade of sorts where people would come out and Celebrate their great king who has led them to victory and So when Jesus was writing in what the people were doing they were recognizing him as king that they Were acknowledging and accepting Jesus Christ as the king of their lives Because they thought Jesus was coming to overthrow the Roman rule and to free them from that yoke of oppression But Jesus came to do something far greater than to free them from Rome Jesus was coming to free them from their sin And so they were shouting Hosanna, which means save now save us now. I Like how Hosanna means save now Even back then they lived in a fast-paced society It wasn't like save us When it's your timing No, save us now Now is the time God for you to answer our prayers We've been praying and praying and praying for someone to deliver us out from the Roman rule of oppression So you're the man you're gonna do it now But it's interesting that when Jesus came for a different mission and Jesus didn't do what they wanted him to do This same crowd that was shouting save now Hosanna on Sunday was the same crowd a few days later on Friday shouting crucify him and I wonder if we like this crowd can be fickle When God doesn't do what we think he should do when we think he should do it We go from God you're my king praise you God love you God and Then when we don't see God come through in the way we think you should when we think you should We say Forget that death to my faith crucify it all. I don't need that because God didn't do what I thought he should do Listen, there's one thing certain in life one thing Actually two things two things are certain in life There is a God and You're not it and if you think that your plan is better than what God has for you, then you're completely misunderstood Because God's plan for you will always be better than what you could ever plan for yourself So when your plan doesn't work out like you think it should you need to understand just because your plan isn't Working out doesn't mean that God's plan isn't working out The Bible says in Ephesians chapter 3 that his ways are not our ways his ways are beyond by now And then it says this that what God would do in our lives is Greater beyond above exceedingly anything we could ever think or imagine God's plans are Better that anything that you could ever plan for yourself So when God's plans are being fulfilled listen if You knew what God knew you would only want what God has planned for your life and So these people were shouting hosanna King But they were the same people that were saying forget it when God didn't do What they thought he should do but what Jesus was doing was always a part of his plan Although it wasn't what the people had planned Matter of fact, this wasn't something that Jesus decided to do the day before like I'm just gonna get on a donkey This was actually prophesied about 500 years before this moment in time it was prophesied how Jesus would come Zechariah chapter 9 verse 9 says rejoice greatly. Oh daughter of Zion Shout oh daughter of Jerusalem Behold your king is coming to you. He is just and having salvation lowly and riding on a donkey Actually, I'll be even more specific a cult of a donkey 500 years earlier to this God said how Jesus would come Riding on a cult of a donkey But not only how Jesus would come But to the exact day when Jesus would come and Daniel chapter 9 prophetically Daniel predicted the very day that Jesus would ride in to Jerusalem When the commandment comes for the Jews to rebuild the temple There will be 69 7th 69 7th just means 69 times 7 that's 483 years Until the Messiah enters Jerusalem Daniel predicted Exactly when the Messiah would come You look at history when King Ardux Xerxes in March 14th 445 BC Gave the decree that the Jewish people could return to their homeland from Babylon and Rebuild the temple from that day March 14th 445 BC if you go forward 483 years to the day Which using the Babylonian calendar or the Jewish calendar both? 360 day a year calendars you go for it a hundred and seventy-three thousand eight hundred and eighty days if You go from March 14th 445 BC forward a hundred and seventy-three thousand eight hundred and eighty days That brings you to April 9th ad 32 The exact day First century historians recorded that Jesus wrote in on a donkey into Jerusalem And then you begin to realize There is no whims with God But everything God has planned out How Jesus would come when Jesus would come listen and that's something to be so grateful for because when it comes to your life There are no last-minute plans with God God's not trying to figure out like what should I do with you now like I don't know I don't really have anything going on for your future So I got to figure something out like I was really surprised actually you gave your life to Jesus last year So I'm really you know counted you out So I don't know That's not God The Bible says in Jeremiah 29 11 a very well-known quoted verse that God has a plan for you But it's not our responsibility to know God's plan, but simply to obey God's command and Following him and then you'll see God's plan worked out as you follow him day by day God has known you before the foundation of the earth and When God knew you God had a plan for you But even when It's all a part of God's plan sometimes we don't understand God's plan So we're in that waiting room and that's what it says in verse 16 We see the disciples in the waiting room. It says his disciples did not Understand these things at first But when Jesus was glorified then they remembered that these things were written about him and that they had done these things to him We see in our text that Jesus had a plan all along that Jesus knew that when he wrote into Jerusalem This would set things in motion to bring about his crucifixion and ultimately his resurrection His plan to redeem humanity and to be the savior of the world. It was always all a part of the plan But the disciples didn't understand Didn't realize what was happening into their perspective is probably kind of weird Because usually kings would ride in in their triumphant entry in a white stallion and They thought Jesus would ride in like that, but now he's on like a baby donkey And they're like that's kind of weird like People are snickering and the Romans over there like oh that's their king our king rides on a white stallion and he's on a little donkey and They didn't understand what Jesus was doing It says they didn't understand these things at first and when you go through circumstances Where you don't understand why this is happening When you don't understand why this tragedy took place or this difficult situation or the trials that we face And you don't understand why God? Why would you allow this to happen? What you need to do in the waiting room is Number two write this down when you are in the waiting room You should be worshiping When you're in that period of time When you don't understand why we need to worship and Praise God Because what God has for you is what you would want for you if you only knew the outcome Verse 16 it says but when Jesus was glorified Then they realized that it was all a part of the plan Sometimes you never understand God's plan until you bring Jesus into your own situation And you can rack your head trying to figure it all out But when you look to Jesus you realize it was all working out all along Even when I didn't see it God was working Psalms 12 or excuse me Psalms 121 verses 1 through 2 says I lift up my eyes to the hills Where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord the maker of heaven and earth When you start glorifying God when you take your eyes off of your problems and you lift your eyes and you put Your eyes on God where we're told in the Bible to fix our eyes To focus on not the problems around us But our Savior and Lord who loves us When I lift up my eyes to the hills he says I realize where my help comes from This almost declares Even when I don't know what God is doing even when I don't know why this is happening Even no matter the difficult problem or situation I might be in no matter what you have lost Like the disciples when you glorify God in your life When God is glorified through you It's then we begin to understand what God was doing all along Now it's important for us to understand that when we complain All we're doing is talking bad about God if we find ourselves grumbling and We truly believe that God is in control. He's working all things together. All we're doing is talking bad about God in his plan Because God promises to work it all out for good Like the disciples they didn't understand But when Jesus was glorified listen people are watching your life They know you're a part of Calvary Chapel of the Chino Valley They know you believe in the Bible. They know you go to church on Wednesday nights Like once isn't enough for you and you're a radical Christian Because you have a desire to study God's word because you want to know him more so you say you know what? I'm not gonna just be a once a week attender to church. I want to be in Bible study So I'm gonna come on Wednesday nights to study God's word because I'm a double-dipping Christian and I want more Like when you have ranch with carrots, you just need more And so I just want to be in Bible and not only Wednesday night Bible So I'm gonna get connected into a small group in this study in this group because I want to grow more and people look at Your life and think you're crazy But then when they see you go through difficulty and It doesn't affect you like it normally would like that naturally would cause someone to worry or panic When the entire department is being cut from the company and everyone's in a panic But you have the peace of God that surpasses all understanding. You don't know what's going to happen in your future But you know the one who holds the future And so people see your life and they realize there's something different about you. Why aren't you worried? Why aren't you complaining and you say because I know God is in control And he's working all things together for good for those who love him and are called according to his purposes It's then God will be glorified in your life God gets the glory because You Aren't doing what you normally would do It must be something that God is doing and The unbelieving world sees a difference in your life and when they do God gets the glory You're no longer cussing like you used to you don't go to those places you you're not drinking anymore You're not doing those things because Well, you're different you're set apart from the world And if you do everything that the world does People can't see a difference in your life But when you're set apart from the world and people see there's a difference in your life it's then they know That can't be you Because they remember who you used to be before you knew Jesus You go to church How many times have you ran into an old friend and you found out they believe in Jesus too? No way not them There's not a chance God could save them and then you find out he did it for them too And the funny thing is they're thinking the same thing about you And then God is glorified because if God could use you use me a kid who was Parents were told that would never be able to speak properly God would use me a person who was told parents were told that would never be able to speak because of the High palate in my mouth and my tongue wouldn't be able to reach and he would always have a speech impediment And God would choose me to be a spokesperson of his word to his family and God would choose you to do things that Wouldn't normally ever be possible for you to do either guess what happens God gets the glory And God ought to be glorified in our lives by the way that we live And when God is then you start to understand. Okay, God now I understand Why you took me through this Now I understand why it's it's after it says in verse 16 one more time His disciples did not understand these things at first and sometimes when you're going through things at first We don't understand But when Jesus is glorified Then they start started to understand and remember the things that were written about him It was then they saw the plan of God being fulfilled after the fact Not before I was just talking with a friend this past week Who I had been praying for for over five years for a job A different job thankfully he was employed but This job would cause him to travel and work 23 hour shifts all night. It was keeping him from serving in ministry like he desired to do and He wanted just to have a normal hourly job where he could be there for his children on the weekends to be at baseball games And his work was taking him away from his church family It was taken away from his family And he wanted to have something different But he also knew he needed to provide and he knocked on doors continuously and for five years nothing I got lunch with him this past week and he said hey, do you remember how we've been praying for that? Said yeah for about five years now, right? he said listen God opened up a door for me to get into A job where now I have normal hours and I'm free to be able to serve the Lord and be there with my family But for five years That's not even the greatest part of the story just hold on For five years When he had that job Because he was in that job Making what he was making he ended up losing his condo that he was renting and had to move In the middle of that waiting room. He said if the Lord would have just opened up another job I could have stayed here. I wouldn't be losing my home the place to live. I don't know where we're gonna go But shortly after God moved him and opened a door For not only a condo but a house for them to rent And then he told me that because they moved to that house to rent which is better now the new job He's actually making more the person that owns the home that's been renting to them for the past couple of years Said that they want to sell the home and are now going to sell it to us For tens of thousands of dollars under market value And so now we're going to be able to buy a home that we never thought we would ever be able to do And I said don't you realize that if God would have answered your prayer when you wanted him to answer your prayer and bring you to that new job You would have never lost your condo. You would have never moved never had to move And you've never received what God wanted to do for you and your family And then we realized Because God didn't answer his prayers and my prayers and our prayers when we wanted him to God was able to do something far greater than we ever thought he would do And that's what God can do And so when things aren't working out like you think they should when you think they should Listen because we live in that culture of the fast-paced society We want everything now and we want God to do it now. Listen when you are waiting God is working And because you know that God is working on all too good when you are waiting you ought to be worshiping And simply praise God because you know He's got it all worked out I wonder if we can praise God Before he comes through and fulfills his promises like we do after he comes through and fulfills his promises You're not sure how you're going to make the bills and you're worried and panicked and then God comes through in some way puts it on Someone's heart to bless you or you get some type of rebate you weren't expecting and now you're able to and you're like, oh God praise you Thank you God And you worship I wonder if God thinks why didn't you worship me like that before you saw me come through The check was already on the way The provision was already coming But just because you didn't see it caused you to stop believing and what I promised I would do Church I wonder if we can worship Before we see God come through like we do when we see God come through because we walk by faith not by sight And it's when God is glorified in our lives It's then things start to make sense. You might be in your waiting room right now But when you worship in the waiting room you begin to see God working out his plans. Isaiah 14 27 says the lord of heavens armies has spoken who can change his plans When his hand is raised who can stop him In other words, nothing can stop the plans that God has for you Job 42 verse 4 says I know that you can do anything And nothing that you plan is impossible God always has a plan and the plan that he has He is going to fulfill That purpose from that plan and even when you don't see it. It doesn't mean that God isn't in it I want to close with the story Because my wife morgan and I found this to be true We had to go to the doctor's office and when we were at the doctor's office When we were leaving and loading up The kids into the car and getting them into their car seats To leave the doctors there was a mom walking by towards the doctors with her about nine or 10 year old son Right when that young boy walked right past me, he took one step and I saw to the corner of his eye He passed out went out cold completely and fell face down into the cement He cracked two of his teeth Blood started pouring out of his mouth The mom obviously by herself with her son went into some kind of a panic not understanding what's happening to her son And my wife morgan I were right there the kids were in their car seats. So we began to attend to them I picked up his feet and began to elevate his feet handed those to morgan and I ran to get help From the hospital that was next to the doctor's offices When I came back From that area morgan had the mom holding the feet and morgan was holding his head Up still the boy after all that time was still unconscious And morgan had her hand on his forehead and she was just praying over him Praying healing upon him protection for him Eventually what seemed like an eternity the boy finally came to and At that moment the hospital workers came and put him on a gurney and took him away quickly and the wife said please Can you text my or call my husband and tell him we're here telling what happened? Here's his number. Can you please and I walked with her as they were taking her son To dial the husband to call him to tell him what happened. And so I called him and said hey your son just passed out Your wife's he's been rushed into the hospital She wouldn't let you know Her phone was was dead so she couldn't call herself and so she asked me to call you and so he came and And so they were taking care of and we went home and when we got home later that evening morgan and I were talking and She said I haven't been able to get that young boy off my heart all day. I said you know what? I haven't either and we were talking. I wonder if he's okay. I wonder what ended up happening You know, I hope he's okay and I said you know what I have the dad's number because The mom's phone Was dead and so I called the dad I could just text him and I was thinking well, maybe that will be weird You know some guy some man. How's your little boy doing? I'm like Don't want to do that and so I said you know what I'll just tell him I'm a pastor and so I said hey, this is pastor Brennan And my wife and I have been praying for your son and for your family and He's been heavy on our hearts All day and we just wanted to check in to see if he was okay We were the ones that were helping your wife attend to him when he passed out and We just wanted to make sure he was okay and if you guys need anything And he texted me back and he he said He's okay. He's great The biggest problem is that he's embarrassed that his front tooth is knocked out So we're going to the dentist first thing tomorrow morning And uh, I said okay, I said here's what you need to know We got on the phone. I said I need to tell you this What you need to know is we shouldn't have been there in that moment What he didn't know and what you don't know was earlier that morning My son Shaden had an earache that continued to get worse and worse and worse You know, we tried a few home remedy things to make it better and tell him to suck it up No, not really but you know The best home remedy and we we tried some things at home to alleviate the pain But he started crying because of the pain of his ear and it wouldn't subside And so he began to ask to go to the doctors and if you know anything about my son Shaden, he hates the doctors He never wants to go to the doctors and now he's asking to go to the doctor So we knew it was serious And so we finally took him to the doctors and when we got to the doctor's office It was weird. There wasn't one parking space available in this giant parking lot I drove to the farthest corner and there wasn't one parking space And it's not like you're at the mall at Christmas when there's there's cars leaving and then cars pulling in You're just not getting one. There was no one leaving. It was the weirdest thing For about 20 minutes. I was just waiting outside the doctor's office waiting for someone to leave to follow them to their car And there was no one leaving in this moment And so finally Morgan said well, we're running late. I got to get into the doctor's just drop me off And I went to drop her off. She said actually go around to the other side. There's a little turnabout It's a little bit closer drop me off over there So I went over there and I'm like, oh, I don't really want to go over there because that's the valet area And the valet probably doesn't want me to pull in there But I pulled in there and the valet guy told me to roll down my window and I'm thinking see I told you I shouldn't have come over here And he says hey, just there's no parking right now Just leave your car right up here up front. Just just leave it. You guys can all go in So I helped with the younger two while Morgan took Shaden in and we went into the doctor's office While we were in the doctor's office Shaden was attended to and got on some medication for his ear infection And then she said well, let me take a look at the other two Which doctors don't normally do because you have to have appointments because that's how they get paid And if you don't have an appointment, they don't get paid and but she Pro bono started looking at our other two kids and taking time with them I'm thinking this is amazing And at the moment that we got out of the doctor's office after the doctor took time To walk to our car that was parked in the valet area where you normally wouldn't be able to leave your car And in the very moment we were putting our kids into the car was the very moment that that mom walked by with her son And he passed out And I told That father that story I said listen, we weren't supposed to be there that day We were only there because my son got an ear infection and we couldn't get one parking space So I went to drop them off and we went to a different area and the valet guy And the exact time that we were in the waiting room Which I was complaining about because we were in the waiting room for a long time that day And no one likes to be in the waiting room Reminds me of a message I heard And so after all that time it was the exact moment The exact time we walked out. So I said listen, god was watching out for your son And he said that's so crazy He goes you want to know even the crazy part? He said yesterday We got a flyer To a church called regenerate church With some guy named pastor brennan and we had no idea that was you That was attending to our son, but when you sent me the text saying hey This is pastor brennan. We put two and two together And we realized that our son passed out because god wanted to get ahold of our lives Now when you're in the waiting room Why does my son have to have an ear infection and why does he have to Why do we have to go to the doctors again? I mean he was just sick and he just be better and god why god why god why and then you realize If you just follow god and what god's calling you to do he will always be glorified Listen when our plans look like they are failing God's plans are still being fulfilled When we are waiting and wondering we can know that god is still working So we should just be people who are worshiping God you know what's best and i'm gonna follow after you Let's pray Lord thank you so much Lord that you fulfill your plan And even when we don't understand what you're doing we can understand that you still are accomplishing your plan And so lord today i pray for each of us That might be in a period of time Like a waiting room A time of uncertainty or a time of difficulty God i pray for each of us that we would know and trust in you That your plan is being worked out The perfect plan in your perfect timing And so god if it's not working out in our timing maybe there's some here today that Thought they would be married by now or some here today thought they would be in a different career path by now Or some here today thought they would be in a home by now or some here today thought this or this or that Or that lord but today we understand that You have us where you have us because you're preparing that for us and you're preparing us for that So help us to be those that just glorify you while we are in the waiting room In jesus name