Stand firm and wait on the Lord

This entry is very much still swirling around in my heart and mind, but sitting down commits me to focusing my thoughts on what God is trying to say...so...here goes.
I believe that in our culture there is much emphasis on action, being an activist, being active, etc.  Going and doing are highly valued because there is usually a result for the effort that is given.  And in the faith community it is no different.  It is not enough to see an injustice and pray for God to move in mighty ways to overcome the injustice and shine His light of truth and grace into every dark place.  We must be the hands the feet, the carriers of this justice into the darkened world.  The social Gospel movement  started in the early 1900's when Walter Rauschenbush, a Baptist minister who worked with industrial workers in New York City, became emboldened not just to stand by and watch these people suffer, but to speak out against the injustice and become a conduit for change against a corrupt world system.  Rauschenbush preached that sin is not just within an individual heart, but also can be contained in corrupt governments and organizations and innocent people suffer at its hands. 
And so we know and believe that we, the Church, are the hands and feet of Christ.  We are to comfort those who mourn, we are to feed the hungry and clothe the naked.  We are not to be overcome with the evil in the world, but we are to overcome evil with good. We are a message of hope and God's love displayed through Christ to a hopeless and dying world.  We show that love in practical ways, by going, by helping when we can, by not standing idly by while sin and sinful systems hold captive innocent people.  We know that our faith without works is dead, so we ACT!  Having a heart for missions and a desire to "go" since childhood, I understand the humility required in simply obeying the command to go across the street or across the World, to serve others with the love of Christ. 
But there is a darker part of this call to go.  A place where my heart grows heavy, where I face discouragement, doubt, and disbelief.  It is the place in which I feel I have vested every ounce of self-sacrifice, belief, and obedience into the mission, and yet I feel God has not come through on His part.  I feel selfishly, like I am standing alone in my faith and God is unmoved.  He is standing silent.  He is immune to my pleas, my cries, my wails before Him for Him to move...not on my own behalf, but on the behalf of those who are being held captive.  Why? 
Have I misheard the call of God?  Am I truly not doing enough? Do I not have enough faith?  It is in these times that my faith is tested more than any other as I wait for God to move in lives that I physically cannot see or touch (though even if I was there, would it matter?)
I have heard the Lord speak to my heart in the stillness and He is calling me there again to listen.  He is saying, "There is a strategy here.  A battle plan that you are unaware of.  One that you cannot possibly understand.  You are waiting for the victory, but the plans are already in place.  You need only to stand still.  This is not your battle.  This is not your fight.  How much do you trust me?  Are you able to be quiet and still and wait?  The battle is won not in your strength or authority, but in the resoluteness of your trust in me.  Are you able to stand firm?  In the end it is me you are waiting on, not the enemy.  He doesn't even know the end result or plan.  Only my Father does.  Even I am waiting here on my Father's Word, and when He gives it, then I know it is time to SHOUT for the victory is His!  Are you able to stand firm until the end?  Just as my battle on the Cross was not won in passion or personal commitment or personal sacrifice, though these will all come.  It was won in resoluteness, firm and unwavering trust in the plans that the Father has for His World.  Will you continually put your trust in Me?  Will you hold fast the plans I have for my children and my Kingdom.  Only then can you be strong in me and not be discouraged, lose heart, or waver in belief.  As you wait on me, I will renew your strength.  I will cause you to mount up on wings like eagles.  I will cause you to run and not grow weary.  I will cause you to walk and not faint.  Wait on me, child.  Wait on my purposes, my plans to be fulfilled.  And I will give you new strength for the journey.  The victory is already mine.  That's why the nations rage and plot. But you are not like them, you know the battle is the Lord's.  So rest.  Just as Elijah grew weary after he faced all the prophets of Baal, though I told him I had others who were faithful to follow me.  Even still his heart grew weary and faith grew faint.  I did not abandon him, but led him to a place of solace and refuge to renew his strength.  I satisfied his hunger when he grew faint, and he returned in strength to face his enemies.  Even now I am giving you time to rebuild your strength and rest in me. Trust in me, my child.  Stand firm and you will see the salvation of the Lord."

Scriptures: Psalm 46:10, Psalm 40:1-2, Exodus 15:13-14, Joshua 6:10, II Chronicles 20, Ephesians 6, I Kings 18-19, Psalm 2