JOHN 11 (JESUS WAITED UNTIL AFTER LAZARUS WAS DEAD)
(HOW DO YOU THINK MARY & MARTHA FELT WHEN JESUS DID NOT COME RIGHT AWAY ?)
JOB (HAD TO WAIT FOR GOD TO HEAL & DELIVER HIM) ABRAHAM (WAITED 25 YEARS FOR GOD'S PROMISE OF A SON) JOSEPH (13 YEARS OF TRIALS, JAIL,…) MOSES (40 YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS) DAVID (WAITED 15 YEARS TO BECOME KING)
WAITING IS ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS GOD MAKES US DO, BUT IN THE END WE ARE FAR BETTER OFF FOR IT.
(PSALM 66:8-12) (ISAIAH 43:1-5)
-"BUT THOSE WHO HOPE IN THE LORD WILL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH. THEY WILL SOAR ON WINGS LIKE EAGLES; THEY WILL RUN AND NOT GROW WEARY, THEY WILL WALK AND NOT BE FAINT." - ISAIAH 40:31
- "WAIT FOR THE LORD; BE STRONG AND TAKE HEART & WAIT FOR THE LORD." - PSALM 27:14
- "GIVE EAR TO MY WORDS, O LORD, CONSIDER MY SIGHING. LISTEN TO MY CRY FOR HELP, MY KING AND MY GOD, FOR TO YOU I PRAY. IN THE MORNING, O LORD, YOU HEAR MY VOICE; IN THE MORNING I LAY MY REQUESTS BEFORE YOU AND WAIT IN EXPECTATION." - PSALM 5:1-3
- "WE WAIT IN HOPE FOR THE LORD; HE IS OUR HELP AND OUR SHIELD." - PSALM 33:20
- "MY SOUL WAIT IN SILENCE FOR GOD ONLY-- FOR MY HOPE IS IN HIM." - PSALM 62:5
- "DO ALL THINGS WITHOUT COMPLAINING" - PHIL. 2:14
- "WAIT FOR THE LORD AND KEEP HIS WAY. HE WILL EXALT YOU TO INHERIT THE LAND." - PSALM 37:34
- "...GOD... WHO ACTS ON BEHALF OF THOSE WHO WAIT FOR HIM." - ISAIAH 64:4 - PSALM 40:1-4
REASONS WHY WE SHOULD WAIT ON GOD:
- TO RECEIVE GOD'S DIRECTION AND WISDOM FOR OUR LIFE. (JER. 29:11) - TO KEEP IN STEP WITH GOD'S TIMING (BE ONE WITH HIM) - GOD MAY NEED TO PREPARE US FIRST BEFORE HE ANSWERS (ISAIAH 49:2) - TO STRETCH & STRENGTHEN OUR FAITH (TO TEACH US TO TRUST HIM) - GOD WANTS WHAT IS BEST FOR US (ISAIAH 48:17,18 ; 55:8,9)
