Wednesday Prayer: Three Days to Pentecost

Father, three days from now the Spirit will fall and the church will be born. But the disciples don't know it's three days. They're on day ten of waiting, still trusting, still praying, still not knowing when "in a few days" will finally arrive. I'm in final waiting too - closer to breakthrough than I realize, nearer to fulfillment than I know, almost at the moment when everything changes.

Help me finish well. Don't let me give up in the final stretch. Don't let me abandon trust when I'm closest to the promise. Don't let me stop obeying when fulfillment is almost here. These ten days of waiting have unified the disciples, clarified their dependence, purified their motives, demonstrated their obedience, and built their expectation. Do the same in me.

I don't know if my promise is three days away or three months. But I know the waiting is accomplishing more than I realize, the delay is preparing me, the extended timeline is building character. I trust your timing. I believe your promises. I'm positioned to receive what you'll give when you choose to give it. Three more days for them. However many for me. I'm waiting. Come, Holy Spirit.