How good are you at waiting? Would most say you are a patient person?
I find that most of us, from time to time, are impatient. Whether it be in a slow-moving line at the supermarket or DMV, or waiting behind the driver who fails to move after the signal turns green, our patience is often tested. From the silly to most sensitive situations, we often pray, "God, give me patience and give it to me now."
In Acts 1:4-9 there are insights on The Value of Waiting on God. I hope this message will be a blessing to you as it was to me and our people at Royal Palm. As Holy Spirit speaks to you, respond to his glory. And let me know what insights God brings to your attention. I'd love to hear.
God bless you, Kirk McCormick
“The Value of Waiting”
Psalm 37:7 – “Be still before the Lord
and wait patiently for him.”
Why Wait on God?
Overall… it is in the waiting that God
perfects our faith.
** Yet… how many times have we grown impatient/tire of
waiting… only to seize control and try to make things happen in our time, with our resources, given our knowledge.
** While we Wait, God
perfects our…
Wants (Wills)
Acts 1:7 – He said to them, “It is not
for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority.”
Recap: Likewise our FAITH is perfected as we adjust
our “Wants” (as gung-ho as we may be) to the will of God…
…and our will become His will…
…and this takes time because our wills can be so
stubborn/strong it is in the quiet of
Waiting that we become submissive by looking into the
eyes of God through our hearts.
** While we Wait, God perfects our…
Attention
Ecclesiastes 5:1 – “Guard
your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen
rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do
wrong.”
Recap: So our FAITH is perfected as we give our full
attention to God and LISTEN more intently to his voice…
** While we Wait, God perfects…
Inspiration and Insight in us
Psalm 130:5 – “I wait for the LORD, my
soul waits, and in his word I put my hope.”
Recap: So our FAITH is perfected as God inspires and
empowers us to fulfill his will… all because we wait on his vision
** While we Wait, God perfects our…
Trust
Isaiah 40:31 – “Those who wait on the
LORD will renew their strength.”
Recap: So our FAITH is perfected as we learn to trust
God for his promises…even if it takes decades to fulfill
How
can waiting perfect our Wants, Attention, Inspiration/Insight, Trust?
** Biblical
waiting is not passive waiting, not just
killing time…
So…
App: As
God perfects our Wants, we SUBMIT
all things to his Lordship so that his ways are our ways.
Hymn – Take my Life and
Let it Be
Verse – “Take my will and
make it thine. It shall be no longer mine. Take my heart it is thine own; it
shall be thy royal throne.”
And…
App: As God perfects our Attention, we pray
– honing our ability to
LISTEN to God as much as we speak to him.
“This is my Son, whom I
love. Listen to him!”
App: As God perfects his
Insights/Inspiration in us we SEEK the anointing of his Spirit
Psalm 51:10 – “Create in me
a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast
spirit within me.”
App: As God perfects Trust in us we LEARN more about those promises
he wants us to trust by Reading his Word.
Psalm 86:11 – “Teach me
your way, O LORD, that I may walk in
your truth; give me an undivided
heart to revere your name.”
How to Wait…
1. Waiting
takes Time. Cannot be rushed.
App: So set
apart time each day to wait on the Lord
2. Waiting
takes discipline. Must be
learned.
App: So don’t
get frustrated as you wait on the Lord and your MIND WANDERS… you will learn.
3. Waiting takes humility. Willingness to admit God knows better and his
timing is impeccable.
App: So…can we
give up control and Let God Be God?
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