THE IMPORTANCE OF WAITING
"But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing" ~James 1:4~
Have you been asking God, “Why do I have to wait so long?”
If so, here are four important things you need to know:
(1) WAITING TRAINS YOU. . .
Time spent waiting can be time spent learning. And if you’re learning, you’re not losing. God will train you for battle because He’s a good general. “Blessed be the LORD my strength which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:” (Psalm 144:1).
(2) WAITING CORRECTS YOU. . . .
The Psalmist wrote: “Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now have I kept Thy word” (Psalm 119:67). Pain can be profitable. Adversity can lead to spiritual advancement IF you’re willing to glean from it.
Pain forces you to look to God for answers, to lean on Him instead of others, to learn where you went astray, to hunger for His presence and His healing touch, to listen for His instructions and be sensitive to the changes He wants to bring about in your life. YES, YOU CAN TURN YOUR PAIN INTO PROGRESS. . .
(3) WAITING REVEALS THOSE AREOUND YOU . . . .
Motives are not easily discerned. Trust God, but test people. That’s scriptural. “the LORD thy God led thee these forty years. . . to know what was in thine heart” (Deuteronomy 8:2). People can keep their intentions and motives covered for a long time, but waiting generally forces the truth to the surface.
(4) WAITING GIVES GOD TIME TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. . . .
He’s a miracle-working God, so don’t get ahead of Him and rob Him of the opportunity to demonstrate His power in your life.
Father, we thank You for loving us enough to go to battle for us, to give us the very best of everything as long as we wait for You to work. Lord I ask today that You would give to each of us reading this message, the patience that goes along with waiting. Patience comes hard for so many of us, and we know that this is an area in our lives that we need to work on. So Father God touch each of us with Your loving hand and instill into us PATIENCE. We want nothing more than to live for You and to let You lead us in everyway, for You are the One and Only the I AM the King of Kings. We do not want ot take away from You anything that You want to give to us. . . . Show us O Lord the POWER YOU HAVE IN OUR LIVES. In Jesus name we pray Amen…..
Have you been asking God, “Why do I have to wait so long?”
If so, here are four important things you need to know:
(1) WAITING TRAINS YOU. . .
Time spent waiting can be time spent learning. And if you’re learning, you’re not losing. God will train you for battle because He’s a good general. “Blessed be the LORD my strength which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:” (Psalm 144:1).
(2) WAITING CORRECTS YOU. . . .
The Psalmist wrote: “Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now have I kept Thy word” (Psalm 119:67). Pain can be profitable. Adversity can lead to spiritual advancement IF you’re willing to glean from it.
Pain forces you to look to God for answers, to lean on Him instead of others, to learn where you went astray, to hunger for His presence and His healing touch, to listen for His instructions and be sensitive to the changes He wants to bring about in your life. YES, YOU CAN TURN YOUR PAIN INTO PROGRESS. . .
(3) WAITING REVEALS THOSE AREOUND YOU . . . .
Motives are not easily discerned. Trust God, but test people. That’s scriptural. “the LORD thy God led thee these forty years. . . to know what was in thine heart” (Deuteronomy 8:2). People can keep their intentions and motives covered for a long time, but waiting generally forces the truth to the surface.
(4) WAITING GIVES GOD TIME TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. . . .
He’s a miracle-working God, so don’t get ahead of Him and rob Him of the opportunity to demonstrate His power in your life.
Father, we thank You for loving us enough to go to battle for us, to give us the very best of everything as long as we wait for You to work. Lord I ask today that You would give to each of us reading this message, the patience that goes along with waiting. Patience comes hard for so many of us, and we know that this is an area in our lives that we need to work on. So Father God touch each of us with Your loving hand and instill into us PATIENCE. We want nothing more than to live for You and to let You lead us in everyway, for You are the One and Only the I AM the King of Kings. We do not want ot take away from You anything that You want to give to us. . . . Show us O Lord the POWER YOU HAVE IN OUR LIVES. In Jesus name we pray Amen…..
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