Wait for it...

I've been stumbling over this message. I started it a month ago. The title seemed to reflect my feelings at the moment. I sat to type...and the Lord said...wait for it! So weeks later I sat once again to type....and the Lord said ....wait for it!  Why is the Lord making me wait? What's the message I'm supposed to be getting here?
     Last Sunday my Pastor was talking about Acts 1 and 2...Jesus had instructed the disciples to stay in Jeruselam and wait for the Holy Spirit to come. They would receive great power and be His witnesses to the ends of the Earth. What were they doing while they waited? They had just been through the most difficult and  rewarding events in all of history. Crucifixion and Resurrection. Jesus returning from Death and ascending into Heaven..  Receiving a Promise of great power from the Holy Spirit. What did they do first? First they obeyed Jesus. They went back to Jerusalem to wait on the Gift. They got together with the ministry team, devoting themselves to prayer. Then they attended to ministry business..replacing Judas with Matthias.  As I read Acts 1, I couldn't help but think of how many times I have found myself waiting for things...situations to change....seasons of life to end or begin. Waiting for people to be healed, marriages to be restored, soldiers to come home safely....people to come into Truth and know Jesus as Lord and Savior.  What have I done while I have been waiting for God to act? I have done some of the things the disciples did while they waited. But mostly not. I'm prone to sit and be anxious...offering up prayers that are weak and faithless. What would it look like if we called our team and devoted ourselves to prayer? How bold and energetic would those prayers be when faithful followers of Christ decide to get together, get on their knees, and devote themselves to prayer while we wait on a fresh filling of the Holy Spirit for powerful living?  Why don't we decide to pull together a posse of prayer warriors and get on our knees together? Because it would require each of us to be honest and real about the pain and the hurt and the worries of our lives. We would have to humble ourselves....  Get over our public image.  Waiting is Biblical....idle anxious living is not. Anyone up for constructive waiting with me?