“Being” means allowing God to lead even when opportunities have been postponed and the doors seem closed. That is exactly what happened to Paul. If he had not been forced to wait, he would have never heard the call to Macedonia.

The same is often true for each of us. Often the outcome is that in actively waiting we see another door that would never have been visible in the rush of activity. Resting secure on the confidence and trust of the One who works through us, we come to see that our best service may be that we are called to do nothing.

from God’s Call to Be: When Being Precedes Doing