DO YOU KNOW HOW TO WAIT?
This is the day that the Lord has made, we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Waiting is hard. But, waiting teaches you obedience, patience, and humility. We may be hoping for things to go as we have envisioned in our minds, or hoping that the Lord will drop a blessing in our lives. In this season, how and why are you waiting? I know that we would all like things to be done at the snap of our fingers, but remember it is God’s timing. God does not need anyone or anything to showcase His power or blessings. He is God alone, no one beside Him, and no one above Him: “I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:” Isaiah 45:5.
- What does waiting on the Lord look like?
- To wait on the Lord is to trust in Him, even if you don’t receive.
- To wait on the Lord is to be patient, and not to rush ahead of Him, nor His ways.
- To wait on the Lord is to follow Him on the journey, step by step. To wait on the Lord is to focus on Him, and not where He may be taking you, nor what you are waiting on Him for.
- To wait on the Lord is to have faith through every season of your waiting, seeking the Lord daily.
- To wait on the Lord is to rest in Him
- To wait on he Lord is pray with expectancy of receiving
- To wait on the Lord is to not seeking another way, outside of God”s plan for you
“It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.” Lamentations 3:26
“The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.” Lamentations 3:25
“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.” Isaiah 26:3
“Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength” Isaiah 26:4
“And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.” Hebrews 6:15
“Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Lord our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things. “Jeremiah 14:22
“Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.” Zephaniah 3:8
“And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.” Isaiah 25:9