THE WAITING PERIOD

TOPIC: THE WAITING PERIOD
TEXT: ISAIAH 40: 26-31; PSALM 69:1-6.
MINISTERING: REV. DR. A. A. OBE (JP)
EASTER MESSAGE;
MONDAY 13th APRIL,2020

DEFINITION:
THIS IS THE ACT OF STAYING IN ONE PLACE FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME DUE TO A PARTICULAR REASON(S).

BIBLICALLY:
WHEN THERE ARE SITUATIONS WE ARE EXPERIENCING OR PASSING THROUGH AND WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN SOLUTION TO IT, SOMETIMES IT LOOKS AS IF GOD IS SILENCE AND THERE IS NO ANSWER. WHAT WE MUST LEARN IS PATIENCE.

WHAT TO NOTE:
1. IT CAN BE FRUSTRATING, STRESSFUL, PAINFUL, E.T.C.

THERE ARE TWO ELEMENTS OF WAITING.
1. COMPLETE DEPENDENT ON GOD,
2. WILLINGNESS TO ALLOW GOD DECIDE THE TERMS AND TIMING.

WHAT TO DO AND UNDERSTAND.
1. WE MUST LEARN TO BE COURAGEOUS; PSALM 27:13-14; 31:24.

2. WE MUST LEARN TO BE VERY PRAYERFUL. COLOSSIANS 4:2.

3. WE MUST LEARN TO TRUST IN GOD AND NOT OUR UNDERSTANDING. PROVERB 3:5-6.

4. WE MUST LEARN TO PUT OUR HOPE IN GOD’S WORD. PSALM 130:5,6.

5. WE MUST LEARN TO WAIT PATIENTLY ON GOD. PSALM 37:7,8.

6. WE MUST LEARN TO REST IN GOD.
PSALM 23.

PRACTICALS.
A. HANNAH- 1 SAMUEL 1:7-20
B. SARAH – GENESIS 21:1-7
C. JOSEPH – GENESIS CHAPTERS 37-41.

CONCLUSION:
TO WAIT ON THE LORD IS TO REST IN THE CONFIDENT AND ASSURANCE THAT REGARDLESS OF THE DELAY OR DIFFICULTIES FACE IN THIS LIFE, GOD NEVER LEAVES, HE STILL ANSWERS.