Waiting on God

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Waiting 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

Hosea 12:6 NASB95
Therefore, return to your God, Observe kindness and justice, And wait for your God continually.
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Psalm 27:14 NASB95
Wait for the Lord; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the Lord.

Reasons for waiting on God

for His providence: for his salvation;
for his salvation;
Jeremiah 14:22 NASB95
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;
Psalm 25:5 NASB95
Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; For You I wait all the day.
Psalm 145:15–16 NASB95
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

“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

It leads to expectancy

Psalm 5:3 NASB95
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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Romans 8:23 NASB95
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.
1 Corinthians 4:5 NASB95
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.
Galatians 5:5 NASB95
For we through the Spirit, by faith, are waiting for the hope of righteousness.
Titus 2:13 NASB95
looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus,

It leads to hope

Psalm 33:20 NASB95
Our soul waits for the Lord; He is our help and our shield.
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Psalm 130:5 NASB95
I wait for the Lord, my soul does wait, And in His word do I hope.
Isaiah 51:5 NASB95
“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.
Micah 7:7 NASB95
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

Isaiah 8:17 NASB95
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

Romans 8:23–25 NASB95
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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Lamentations 3:24–26 NASB95
“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.
Revelation 6:9–11 NASB95
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

Jacob; David; ; Micah; Joseph of Arimathea; Simeon

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.
James 5:7–8 NASB95
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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Luke 12:35–40 NASB95
“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.”
1 Corinthians 1:7 NASB95
so that you are not lacking in any gift, awaiting eagerly the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,
1 Corinthians 4:5 NASB95
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.
Titus 2:13 NASB95
looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus,
Hebrews 9:28 NASB95
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.
Jude 21 NASB95
keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.
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