Waiting on God
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· 24 viewsWaiting on God means being prepared to patiently look towards God for his guidance and accepting the timing He proposes. Waiting on God can lead to an atmosphere of expectation and confidence in God and a realization of the unreliability of one’s own judgment.
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Waiting on God is something that is commanded
Waiting on God is something that is commanded
Therefore, return to your God, Observe kindness and justice, And wait for your God continually.
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Wait for the Lord; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the Lord.
Reasons for waiting on God
Reasons for waiting on God
for His providence: for his salvation;
for his salvation;
Are there any among the idols of the nations who give rain? Or can the heavens grant showers? Is it not You, O Lord our God? Therefore we hope in You, For You are the one who has done all these things.
for his salvation;
Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; For You I wait all the day.
The eyes of all look to You, And You give them their food in due time. You open Your hand And satisfy the desire of every living thing.
The benefits of waiting on God
The benefits of waiting on God
“Waiting on Christ” is often seen in terms of waiting patiently for God to bring about the end of all things through the promised second coming of Jesus Christ.
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The benefits of waiting on God
The benefits of waiting on God
The benefits of waiting on God
It leads to expectancy
It leads to expectancy
In the morning, O Lord, You will hear my voice; In the morning I will order my prayer to You and eagerly watch.
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And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body.
Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of men’s hearts; and then each man’s praise will come to him from God.
For we through the Spirit, by faith, are waiting for the hope of righteousness.
looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus,
It leads to hope
It leads to hope
Our soul waits for the Lord; He is our help and our shield.
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I wait for the Lord, my soul does wait, And in His word do I hope.
“My righteousness is near, My salvation has gone forth, And My arms will judge the peoples; The coastlands will wait for Me, And for My arm they will wait expectantly.
But as for me, I will watch expectantly for the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
It leads to trust
It leads to trust
And I will wait for the Lord who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob; I will even look eagerly for Him.
It leads to patience
It leads to patience
And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body. For in hope we have been saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we wait eagerly for it.
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“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I have hope in Him.” The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, To the person who seeks Him. It is good that he waits silently For the salvation of the Lord.
When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God, and because of the testimony which they had maintained; and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, will You refrain from judging and avenging our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” And there was given to each of them a white robe; and they were told that they should rest for a little while longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brethren who were to be killed even as they had been, would be completed also.
Examples of people who waited on God
Examples of people who waited on God
Jacob; David; ; Micah; Joseph of Arimathea; Simeon
Waiting on Christ
Waiting on Christ
“Waiting on Christ” is often seen in terms of waiting patiently for God to bring about the end of all things through the promised second coming of Jesus Christ.
Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious produce of the soil, being patient about it, until it gets the early and late rains. You too be patient; strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near.
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“Be dressed in readiness, and keep your lamps lit. “Be like men who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that they may immediately open the door to him when he comes and knocks. “Blessed are those slaves whom the master will find on the alert when he comes; truly I say to you, that he will gird himself to serve, and have them recline at the table, and will come up and wait on them. “Whether he comes in the second watch, or even in the third, and finds them so, blessed are those slaves. “But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into. “You too, be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not expect.”
so that you are not lacking in any gift, awaiting eagerly the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of men’s hearts; and then each man’s praise will come to him from God.
looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus,
so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him.
keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.