The Winning in Waiting

So good afternoon to everybody.

I want to praise God. I feel really happy standing here because I never thought that I would stand on this side of church and she'll be able to share my story with you. It is so surreal for me and back actually to be honest kind of backed out and I was the one who encouraged me to come share my story and my experience so let's get into it. Suck my topic for Today is raining in baiting and it is about Kaylee about the waiting season that all of us have to actually go through and I'll currency going through as Christians. I have a poem to read to you. It's from a children's book. It's called all all the Places You'll Go by dr. Seuss. It's a very famous book and one of my kind of favorites used to be waiting for a train to go on a bus to come or a plane to go or the mail to come or the rain to go or the phone to ring or the snow to snow or reading around for a yes or a no or waiting for their hair to grow. So everyone is just waiting. Dr. Seuss calls it the waiting place and he says that it is the most wasteful place to be the most inefficient place to be and in a word today. That is how people

So as humankind, I think all technology called progress has been geared towards increasing or efficiency reducing our time of wait, so we have instant message. We have high-speed internet. We have airplanes that can get us from one country to another continent in a day or less. We have friends and family who we can call with the click of a like we can go on and on about how is your life is today in comparison to maybe our childhoods or our parents generation?

so why as Christians do we all go to the spirit of waiting? I want you all to think about a successful person in your lives and your circle of friends or family.

Just think about them. I know most of us would have chosen a person who possibly has hit all their milestones in life at the right time. They went to the right school got the graduate school at the lifetime country that is considered a prosperous. I'm probably they died at the right time. I don't know it's you know, it's all these Milestones. It's like a baby a baby is expected to turn over at the right time at the right time watch Stones continues, even after

So what is in one of these milestones we have failed? Say suppose. You didn't find a job unemployed for six months. Okay. Oh poor him. 100 is something wrong with his or he's just lazy. He doesn't want to go to work. Right? You're a failure. You're regarded as a failure by this word. How do we walk into an office into an interview and tell them? Yes, I have been unemployed before me and has asked me into a seasonal. You'll be called mad. You'll be asked to that jobs gone.

So even though we have technology Glee going forward and things do not look the same as Biblical times or ancient times and the food we eat to the baby live. One thing hasn't changed and that is the concept of Shame from ancient days until today. Shame is something that has never changed. The waiting room or the waiting place is a place of shame to the eyes of the world it is. So, let's see what the Bible says about that. Let's turn to Isaiah chapter 49 vs 23

Can someone read that for me?

Those who wait for me shall not be put to shame for they shall not be ashamed who wait for me. God knows that this. Of waiting bring shame.

This bus was said in a context. Where is Zion? That is God's people and God's land says that they have been forgotten that they have been Forsaken and when they say this this bus follows with all the blessings that God is promising them. God is telling them that I have not forgotten you I have not forsaken you you are waiting for me and I will not put you to shame.

So it has always been a big part of the way about his plans and purposes from a Christian worldview. This is very true is one of the ways that God brings about his purpose into your life. He guides us all into a season of waiting. I doubt there's anyone here who has submitted their life to God if you trust God and has never been through any season of waiting for anything. They're just received everything bang bang bang. I doubt it. I highly doubt it if if there is anybody I think you need to make the pasta off. Maybe there's a problem that So, let's see the heroes in the Bible who have waited. So Noah waited for 120 years from the time God promised judgment over all the wicked and to the time it was executed to be honest. No, I did not know how it would come about. Abraham waited for 25 years in impossibility for a son Jacob waited 14 years for the love of his life. Facing all kinds of Injustice during that time. Joseph waited for 14 years. I'm not sure what exactly he was waiting for. He saw a dream in which his family about down to him. Now. What does that mean? What was going to happen because nothing good happened after that dream. So I'm not sure Joseph knew exactly what was going to happen. But he waited 14 years for that uncertainty Israelites waited 440 years to be delivered and to enter the Promised Land. We are rates today for the return of Jesus in all his glory back to us all of creation waits for the revealing of the children of God and be all but King Jesus.

So the primary thing in this is it's not just us. It is not a one-person game here like God is working in a way that he's behind the scenes. He's working during call waiting on you will see how he waits even before your season of waiting even when things were good for you. He's already preparing you for your waiting season. Many people say when bad things happen to us in our society. They say oh, yeah, I expected that to happen to him because you know, he's like that and he's not good said this and he always said that he didn't get a job that you know that it's it's I'm sorry.

But they still waiting to blame you for something not happening while in your life, but you need to know this my friends you need to know that God is Not punishing us. God is Not punishing us. He's working for us for us. He is for us. He uses our difficulties to open new doors of opportunity for us. We cannot understand his ways. It's above up thinking it's about imagination. I was standing during worship trying to imagine. Where is God from? What does eternity mean? When was he formed my mind? Couldn't Cross by I think about that from time to time. I can't understand it. I don't know where he is from. I don't understand the concept of Eternity or time. Why should I pretend to know that I know God's ways and the processes that he walks in.

So God is working in your unbelief know that God loves you God cares for you. Those things are just fundamental. So now let's go to the story of David. Let us down to 1st Samuel 16 vs 11.

So basically David Stotts of his life as a Shepherd, we all noticed he received his anointing in his teenage years And after this anointing was given to David and the promise was given by prophet Samuel to David. He waited for that promise to come about. Then he waited for 7.5 more years for that promise to be completely fulfilled because first he became the king of Judah 7.5 years later so he becomes the king of all Israel.

So let's read this was and Samuel said to Jesse are all the young men here.

Is this what is 11?

Sorry.

I'm going to continue reading from what's 11. All the way up to 13 and Samuel said to Jesse are all the young men here. Then he said there remains yet. The youngest there. He is keeping the Sheep Samuel set to Jesse send and bring him for we will not sit down till he comes here. So he sent and brought them in now. He was ready with bright eyes and good-looking and the Lord said arise anointing but this is the one then Samuel took the Horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers and the spirit of the Lord Came Upon David from that day forward. That is such a powerful worse. It shows that God was already working before David got into his waiting. Because the spirit of the Lord Came Upon David that was God's First Act after putting the promise on David.

1st Samuel and 2nd Samuel A Desi, it must have been written by prophet Samuel with additions from Prophet Gad and Nathan. and When Samuel ask Jesse to bring his sons. but there is a king in this house and to bring his son's Jesse did not bring David, but all his sons that he thought well, you know, kingley

What's after the one who nobody wanted came in? It's written. He was ready with bright eyes and good-looking. Now what's knocking lie about that? That's how God saw David. That's how Samuel saw David but I don't think the rest of his family saw him. As any of those things are that they

So David enters his waiting now this waiting we all know thanks to Samuel 1 and 2 that it was planned. It was purposeful and it accomplishes many many things.

So David goes back to being a Shepherd during this time after the promise and we see as we go forward in first Samuel 16 17 and 18. That he receives a call from the palace. And I would think wow the promise is already beginning to take shape. Song needed is so needed someone to comfort him when the distressing spirit was upon him. So that goes the story. He needed a harp player. So so said to his servants provide me now a man who can play well bring him to me. Then one of the servants answered and said look, I have seen a son of Jesse the bethlehemite who is skillful in playing a mighty man of Valor a man-of-war prudent in speech and a handsome person and the Lord is with him. All of these attributes sound very tingly to me like he is worthy to be king and look what God has done that people who know him describe him in this manner. He was a Shepherd in the fields and somebody who knew him was in the vicinity of the king and gave his CD as such.

So the cold comes David goals. And it says that sold really love David and that from becoming a hockey player gets promoted to being the armor Bearer for soul. So this time it's still a part-time employment is a part-time job. He is part-time Shepherd part-time a palace employee then comes the next opportunity. Goliath so that's 1st Samuel 17 45 to 47. We do not know how much time passed between his hole from the palace to Goliath, but we can only guess. David exhibits his State of Mind to us what he believes about God and what he has been taught by God the spa. From 45 to 47 is his response to Goliath a problem that King Saul was shaking seen the Army was shaken scene. David said to the Philistine you come to me with a sword with a spear with a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts the god of the armies of Israel whom you have defied. This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand and I will strike you and take your head from you. And this day I will give the carcasses of the camp of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the earth that all the Earth may know that there is a God in Israel. Then all this assembly shall know that the Lord does not save with sword and spear for the battle is the Lord's and he will give you into our hands. This man has no military training. He simply believes in the Lord God Almighty and he has an idea in his head with a slingshot. He's got that plan in his head. 2bc when David came into the camp before when Goliath was challenging the Army's cuz I don't even think you should be here and he says I've killed a bear. I killed a lion we all have to show us if he's at some point, you know to get to get a responsibility. He doesn't have any kind of that. I don't think any Soldier came and seen these kind of things. There's no military experience that zero. But sore didn't have any other choice, I believe and just sent them one man who had enough courage to go.

Afterwards, we know that David defeated Goliath. He gained victory for the Army. I'm busy sore asking Abner. Who is this man? Who is his father? Where is he from? If you remember he was having a part-time job with sore. How is it that so did not know David. Why was he asking about David? Man cannot do anything for you, man. Might not remember you but God will put a plan on your head. He is going to make it come to pass. So I didn't even notice David. It says that it said before that Soul. Love David.

An optical its like who is this boy? So after this opportunity employment with the palace sun with so he sent a words you sent to join the Army. It says that he's Lanes 10,000 because they start singing the song Saul has slain thousands David has slain ten thousands and people are singing it is becoming famous.

Soul starts getting scared because he sees the spirit of the Lord upon him The enemy will recognize your anointing whether you know it or not the enemy sees it and the enemy shakes.

so David is sent off from the presence of soul and he's made to become a Captain for a thousand people. So that's a promotion. Basically he got a promotion. What's all got scared?

From here. Everything goes south. I would think that a captain in an army. He is prime. He's in Prime position. He's a captain of a Nami. He's married to Saul's daughter Michal Jonathan Santos son is for David and he will support David in taking the kingship. He can have the support of the Sun have the daughter and daughter as his wife and he can rule he recognized as a legitimate King because Jonathan had his seal of approval on David, but David doesn't do that. You see that David runs away from Saul when solar stocks to seek his life. David Goes to the Philistines the enemy country the neighboring enemy country vessel cannot reach him. He goes to King achish. We see that along the way he got those 400 people. He goes to the forest of herath. He goes into the Wilderness of ziph. He goes in the wilderness of engedi running about for his own life.

And soul is constantly seeking David's life. It is during this Wilderness that if two sets David wrote a lot of those heartbreaking sounds that you can hear and read today.

During this time of waiting. It was Wilderness. It was literally today we say that appearance of waiting of illness. It's during these times of waiting that Satan. Makes you want to doubt the promises of God. Will they ever be fulfilled you were so close to getting that opportunity to be king you gave it up and you ran into the Wilderness and now here you are running in circles for yours will those promises ever come to pass so I can take your life any day now. It's a horrible game of hide-and-seek. But David did not act independently. He did not act out of his own strength.

He did not tell himself that eliminating soul is God's plan and he didn't take God's plan into his own hands, even though he was very much able to. We see the next very important scene in the Bible. This happens in the wilderness of engedi and this is 1st Samuel chapter 24 verses 1 to 7. This is David's Prime chance. Now it's happened. When soulhat return from following the Philistines that it was told him saying take note. David is in the wilderness of engedi then sort of 3000. Chosen men from all Israel to seek out one man who has 400 people by the way and his men on the rocks of the wild goats. So he came to the she falls that was a kid and sore went in to attend to his needs. So basically he went to use the toilet. So David and his men was staying in the processes of that cave of that very cave. And then his men said to him. This is the day of which the Lord said to you behold. I will deliver your enemy into your hand that you may do to him as it seems good to you and David Rose secretly part of a corner of souls Souls roll. Know what happened after what that David's hot chocolate him because he had cut Saul's robe. And he said to his men the Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my master. The Lord's anointed to stretch out my hand against him sing. He is the anointed of the Lord. So David restrain his servants with these words and did not allow them to Rise Against sore and Saul got up from the Kings and went on his way. Completely oblivious that he was right there with David. So he always see David with such a beautiful character. Like I doubt how many of us can give this response to our struggles in life. It was a. Of great suffering adversity testing his faith.

That is a verse in Romans 5 chapter 3 verses 3 and 4.

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Romans chapter 5 verses 3 and 4 and not only that but we also glory in tribulations knowing that tribulation produces perseverance and perseverance character and character. Hope So we see this character in David. This is the character we see in David because he had suffering and that suffering you to the spirit of the Lord upon Him It produced endurance and that Indian currency produced character in him and another tough critical moment in his life when he could have taken the wrong decision that characterizes up and it shows fault. Show us the glory of God. It shows what man can do what God can do when a man in a weak, man. Because we know that David is not a perfect person. He is a man of many failings.

But you're in this test that the enemy brought before him David more than succeeded and I believe this was a big test for him than Goliath. Because this was a gambler for his life. If he lets or go now, he will never get that chance again to kill Soul possibly. But he lets him go and for the more he feel sad that he cut a piece of his robe. That's what he said about.

So when you have gone through your suffering has it really produce character in you. How do you respond to the difficult situation in your life it really shows. Goes on to say character produces. Hope you know what hope is it is a shoe. I hope that God will bring to pass what he said he would so you are going through a tough time the longer you wait and the longer you wait the more and more sure of what God said he will do for you. That is not in the natural that is Supernatural. And that is the word of God.

DC character in David in one more form he submits to Authority not because or was perfect us all was good. He was evil he was Wiki

But because he was honoring anointing was honoring God and he was honoring Authority because Saul was King and God had not yet removed him from his place. It says that David behaved wisely, even when he was in the employment of the Army and the King wisely and with wisdom. As he was growing up in the ranks, it says that he behaved wisely. He did not try at any point to displace sore or take the kingdom for himself.

Let's read 1st Peter chapter 2 verses 20.

What credits is it? If when you are beaten for your phone's you take it patiently, but when you do good and suffer if you take it patiently this is commendable before God. There is no glory if you are beaten up for your sense you deserve it. But if you do good and yourself, or if you take that patiently that is commendable before God. Just like Jesus. He did not deserve to suffer for our sins. He did not the king of Heaven did not have to do that for us. But what was truly commendable was that he was prepared to cuz he loved us.

as we go on I want to read to you first Samuel chapter 24 17 222 Kia Soul promises. David not to attack him again not to seek his life again.

This is chapter 24 vs. 17.

1st Samuel

song simple promise that he will not touch his life. Again. He said you are more righteous than I for you have rewarded me with good. Well as I have rewarded you with Eva and you shown this day how you have dealt well with me for when the Lord delivered me into your hand you did not kill me. But if a man finds his enemy, will he let him get away safely Depo? May the Lord reward you with good for what you have done to me this day. And now I know that you shall surely be king and that the Kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hand. Deadpool swear now to me by the Lord that you will not cut off my descendants after me and that you will not destroy my name from my father's house. So David sore to sore and sore went home.

Soul promises this what we see as we go forward sore comes back to kill David again Store doesn't have the capacity to keep his promises King, but he cannot keep his promise. He lied. God is not a man that he should lie. Neither the son of man that he should change his mind has he said and when he not do it has he spoken? Will he not fulfill it so man might say many things to you as you wait. I make many promises to you, but don't put your heart in man in his power. Don't be fooled by these words because of any good happens to you. It will come from the hand of God who keeps his promises to you.

That David gave up all his opportunities if he had taken any one of those opportunities, I wouldn't have blamed him because it was rightfully his the position of the king of Israel each time. He chose to wait on God.

In a really difficult impossible situation when a door of opportunity opens up for you. I would like you all to ask yourself how you would respond to that. So I just want to talk about my experience in this matter. It is not a very sync living story like David's but it is extremely important to me and today morning as I thought about it. I teared up thinking about the goodness of God. So after I finished my graduation from architecture in Chennai, I went back to Dubai I graduated into the thick with session. 2009. That was a company that I had done internship for it was a very reputable large consultancy and they have told me you can come back anytime when you finish your graduation. You don't even need to call us just walk into the office and pull up a chair and just stopped join. And this was a promise they made to me and I was fully assured that I would have this job 2009 I land in Dubai and I get to know that the 200 architect that what they're only 50 remained. They had sent 150 Architects away. No way was I going to walk in there and pull up a chair. There were no chance to pull up. It was no job to do. Me and my friends we settled in comfortably into a job of unemployment actually had a pretty decent time. We would just be home not do anything. Just hang out. But during this time I fell into a deep depression. I moved away from my friends. I was isolated. I was lonely my family did not recognize what was happening and they left me be little like maybe they gave me my space and I struggled and depression at the time the lord gave me a promise that he would take me and that he would establish me that my career would be such and such and such he spoke to be about my career quite a bit. at the same time he spoke to me about my marriage. He showed me a dream in which I could really understand who I was going to marry. And I dream started becoming field still gives me goosebumps. I am not eating. I I start getting acidity sick. It's horrible save these dreams and visions that I'm having from time to time. Lee Supernatural show me a dream of that level II stand still waiting. Anyway, I waited for two and a half years before I got my chance to go for my Master's. My father did not have the money to send me outside and I'll pay thousands upon thousands of dollars, but God miraculously, which is another story gave me the money to go. So I thought this is miraculous Supernatural money sitting in front of me and God for me go to this place. I'm going to Australia I'm going to start God is going to give me a job and Supernatural of the supernatural event after event story of the story of my life was when I say one of these stories to my workmates of my friends that like, wow, how did that happen? How did this happen? My life was a testimony. I go to Australia miraculously. I did not even contract one cold during that horrible winter. I've never felt cold like that. I did not get fever off all sick, even once and everyone around me would be sick and they would be surprised what what kind of community house cuz I was the only Indian there must be something in the spices that you eat. You cook with way too many spices. I don't know but I knew it was God. God had taken me. And I told card God make sure that I get a job at the end of this that I am well settled and established in Australia like you promised me and I get off at remedies for jobs. I enter and then everything goes south. Avisa, La comes in because a new prime minister came in. And I fell into a. Where I could not get a Visa. It was this weird loophole in the law and I fell right through that whole I was not on either side of it. If I had joined my program 6 months before a 6 months after I would not have fallen into that loophole just because of the timing of when I joined by University. I was deprived of a PR of a visa to continue staying in Australia. I could see all those thousands of dollars just evaporate into nothing and I could not imagine going back and facing my parents and telling them. I just basically wasted all your money song. It was frightening for me. At this time a friend that I had he was a good friend to me. He was a close friend to me. And she told me that she would like to marry me. And I was really taken aback by that suggestion because just a week back. I had met with a lawyer out of Shield compassion for me that loyal start with me for two hours instead of one that I paid for and at the end she reached the conclusion. Oh boy, you have to marry someone from Australia to continue staying in this country. Do you have anyone like that? I said no. I don't. I don't have anyone and shutting off after 2 weeks to spend out of the blue ask me. I would really like to marry you and I'm standing then I'm like, all this boy is not but he's told his hands he has an excellent job. And I don't even have to work. But I I saw my future just bed of roses in front of me. And as I was standing there I heard the word don't don't. And I knew it was God and God wasn't saying anything more. He was just saying don't and in my mind it's like but but and his boy is looking at me and I'm like thinking I'm looking down and I'm thinking and when I realized that I have to say no I was so close to tears. All I wanted was to stay there. And I said, I'm sorry. I can't and I just turned back and I walked away and that was one of the most difficult box I have ever done. I didn't know where I was walking to. I just walked out into the city of Sydney. I couldn't see a note from south or east from West. I just walked. And it was a very difficult moment for me. And I said God I will beat you I update you. panda

After a month, I'm a recklessly land a job in the leading Contracting firm in North Sydney. In the perfect position that I want it and I thank God I said thank you God, you know, I obeyed you and you gave me what I wanted. Anyway, I'm so glad I will beat you. And the contact was written up. I knew how much I was going to get paid. I was going to be a race car and I could afford my own apartment. I made plans. I really put my roots down. I was supposed to join in a month.

Suddenly, I got a call saying that the project that they are supposed to put me in has been delayed for a few months. Can you please go back to Dubai and bring you back because your Visa is and I thought okay. I was a bit disappointed but I popped up and I left it to buy but as I was leaving Australia, I knew that job wasn't going to come through and I remember busting into tears leaving Australia the most defeated person ever and I was somebody who had come out of depression and gone into this land of Victory. And then I was back where I started. It's like I fell down the cave all again just when I was about to skip At this time as I went back to my house. My home was a different kind of scenario. My brother was seven years younger than me. But most of you have met was dealing with a very difficult illness at that time. And that was one of the reasons I didn't want to go back to Dubai because I didn't want to see this. I was a very can call me selfish or whatever but it was difficult for me to watch my brother suffer because this illness had no cure and it had no medicine. It had no treatment and it had no end. It was a lifelong condition.

I came to Dubai children up. I was unemployed. I was with my brother. I would comfort him and that I was slipping back into depression again, no food. Stop talking to everybody all hope gone. the next I can see his five years of my life ups and downs ups and downs ups and downs. It keeps going and going and going. So I come back to my story at a later time, but this is what I am then. I did find a job eventually and I praise God for that. So the Devonwood prompt us to disobey God, you know, he will bring an opportunity in front of us and he will prompt you to take it up. Do you know seize the moment like the world says you don't live for today just take it it was in front of you grab it live run but God tells us to wait God tells us to trust I really trusted God at this time and he really kept his promises to me during this time my Reliance on him increased my intimacy with him increased. I don't know how to put it in words, but that. Of waiting I could write a whole problem is books about it. Coming back to the story of David. After all this running around in the wilderness where we left him. He finally gets tired many theologians say that he kind of gave up. At this point God really tired and he's run into Philistine country so he cannot come there to him. He goes there and he joins King achish. He gets into his good books achish gives him a place cuz it like to settle down David his 400 men and their families.

And David and his two wives at that time. So we know how in ziklag when David Goes to fight for working a case against the Israelites. He's away from his home for a few days. By the time he comes back home is nothing. It's burnt to the ground and he finds out that the amalekites have come and taken everything from him. This time David and choirs of the Lord. Should I go after the amalekites and the Lord says please go I will give everything back to you that you have must go after. Soaking David Goes he gets everything back.

Let's turn to 2nd Samuel chapter 2 verses 1 to 4.

Yeah. Let's stop that David. Ask God a very actually obvious question the cities of Judah have an open Saul and his sons are dead and the cities of Judah are open for him to go take to take control. Now the capital of Judah Hebron. That's where it's placed. Now. What kind of stupid question is that? Where should I go Lord Hebron, right, but David us. Go up. Where should I go up go up to Hebron. So David goes up there. with his wives in bosses 3

Yeah. The anointed David King over the house of Judah now David was back on track now David was asking everything to God. He was inquiring with God before each of his steps.

Let us go to Psalm 27 was 7 to 14.

If any of you here are new season of waiting if you are growing tired or week, whatever problem that you're facing. I want you to play this prayer as you read this song. Just read it out loud with me as I read it when I cry with my voice have mercy also upon me and answer me when you said seek my face. My heart said to you your face Lord. I will seek do not hide your face from me. Do not turn your servant away and anger. You have been my help. Do not leave me nor forsake me. Oh god of my salvation. When my father and my mother forsake me then the Lord will take care of me Teach Me Your Way O Lord and leave me in a smooth path because of my enemies do not deliver me to the will of my adversities for false Witnesses have risen against me and such as breathe out violence. I would have lost heart unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living wait on the Lord be of good courage and he shall strengthen your heart. Wait. I say on the Lord.

Be of good courage wait on the Lord. He's going to come through for you. Each of us here. If you have a promise on your life and your waiting just wait. God will come through for you strengthen your heart and say I will wait.

One of the biggest things about David King David was that now he's King. His story has ended in grape victory. But during his time of waiting he gifted us his not only his story. He gifted us the sounds all of us know when we are in our darkest moment of Bible open straight to the center. Most of us have seen them. It goes to the songs. It goes to David songs and prayers. You know, why because David was honest with God. It wasn't a beautiful sound in the beginning. You can see him say in many songs over and over again. Why have you forsaken me? Why did you give me a promise and not keep it? Why are you not looking upon the wicked? Why are you doing this to me? What have I done? If there is any wrong in me take it out on me. Now. I challenge you you can see that in the Psalms. And as that song goes along it will flip somewhere between that middle was it will flip and say I know Lord that you will do me good that you will cause me to see goodness in the land of the living that you would come up for me. He goes on and on it is honesty for me that really struck me was David's honesty. If you are waiting that your prayers be raw let them be honest. Don't be embarrassed. Don't be shy God sees you anyway, whatever thought you were having just say it to God honestly don't lie to him about your feelings. Are you angry? Tell God, but I'm really angry right now cuz I don't see this going in a good way. But see it in a place of trust in the Lord. I'm God will change your thoughts your mood and your attitude and your feeling at that time and bring it to God perspective. That is what he always did with David David Benton with his perspective into the presence of God trusting in God, but complaining at nevertheless and God turns it around and as he exits he comes out with her perspective of God the anointing of God. Speak to yourself his promises everyday, you know God is working in your waiting sit in front of a mirror and tell yourself that if you believe it John Piper said this therefore do not lose heart, but take these truths day by day every morning. Get alone with God and preach his word into your mind until your heart sings with confidence that you are knew and cared for pretend to be a preacher stand in front of the middle and talk to yourself. I did this it strengthen me a lot during that time. Because God would show me that he was behind the scenes. He was walking and I had nothing to worry about. I was waiting being a waste not doing anything people would call me lazy call me 10 different names, but it didn't matter because I knew God was working for me and I just had to sit still.

I want to read to versus to you. The first one is Deuteronomy chapter 31 verse 8. God is with you. He's comforting you he's providing for you and working for you. And the Lord he's the one who goes before you not leave you nor forsake. You do not fear. No be dismayed because God knows that some difficult moments are coming up. That's why he's saying that and he's telling you to like, you know do the fall of it. I don't know. If you have seen that they they stand on a chair and they just fall back or are they just stand and they fall backwards? It's like it's a trustful, right? He's got your back. You can just close your eyes and fall back. He's got you you're not going to hit the ground.

Jesus tells us the same thing that he surely with us until the end of age. That he would never leave us.

The primary take away of my entire message is please do not give up you come this far in Malayalam. There is a saying okay, you know how he was singing that song you already know. This is one of his ways. It's not fun when he enrolled you in the school of waiting and then proceeds to take Lesson by lesson if it's horrible, it's not great, but he's with you and you'll feel it. I believe that the Israelites felt God more in that desert than they felt in Canaan once they got the promised land because then they got busy and all of that but in the desert they had nothing to do but walk and look to God Walk and look to God. You get to know God in a way like none other.

And let us not grow weary of doing good. This is Galatians 6:9. Let us not grow weary of doing good for in due season. We will reap if we do not give up.

So not at me pick up with my story as I came back to Dubai. I started telling God God you told me to say no to a boy who was perfect cuz he got a promotion after that. He became like director of something something and I was like damn. Can you give me a boy like that? Can you give me your voice looks like that and talks like that and understands me like that. I don't think so. Because when you bring your boy, I will compare to the sky and I will see if he matches up or not. I don't think so. I was the standard was really high.

Anna remember saying these things and I had a habit of having a diary in which I bought these things done. And it's funny. I never thought about David all the sounds then but I would pray to God I would tell God my feelings and everything and sure enough, you know, my heart would turn and I'd be like God is going to do me good. I'm going to see somebody fabulous turn up. I'm going to get a fabulous job. My life is going to turn around. It's going to be great. And then again my Dad's friend call me once and said Omar Leigh, my son wants to go for architecture. I don't want to let him go tell him.

I am right here. Why are you speaking like this blue my mind I remember going inside the bedroom cuz I didn't want one of my dad has conversation. This is my dad's calling and his son was in 12th grade is being adamant that he wants to go for architecture and he's telling his son money.

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And he was fighting with his son and wife to not let him go. And I said Uncle or my friends a very well settled I can give you the numbers and names they have forms of themselves. They have gotten good jobs that are doing very well and owning very well. The important thing is you let your son follow his passion, I'm an old case. I'm just at the exception. I'm not the room. It's a good profession. Please let him go. Anyway, he's kind of calls and this is just one instance, but it's funny and it's stuck in my mind. Yes, go by. Yes, I fall asleep quick. It's crazy. But at the end I get a job and God tells me go for it. Go for this job. It's a part-time job as a receptionist in a pharmaceutical company. I said Lord, I will not tell them I'm an architect. I will not I go for this job. I said that because God takes me then. And there I see the goodness of God and I see God speaking to me and talking to me. I see you no one listings day. The whole office was built by a contractor Hulu data company for thousand thousand thousands of dollars that hold office space was built by a contractor who cheated them cuz it was a large American pharmaceutical company and they have lots of money I go in there and I see how badly it was done and I bring somebody who I trust and I made sure they all got a good office. I I told God thank you Lord that you made me do some good. You know, it didn't matter that. He made me bring that drink so their lunches are they did not know I Was An Architect or had a master's degree. They thought I was a fresh graduate from some. School or something and they thought I was very young actually. And I'm waiting. Everyday, it's a lesson in humility for me. anazon waiting May 27th rolls around this is Ronnie Premiere May 27th was the end of my part time job. That day my friend calls me and says can you come and babysit my three children this friend of mine is younger than me. I love children. So she knows I'm good with that kids. I said, of course, I don't mind. My name is Saadia and she's from Oklahoma. So I go to babysit all three kids. I watch a movie with them. I read a story to them. I put them to bed and I come and sit in the living room at this time. I have a church. I have good friends. This is a church friend. I had a part-time job that was running me a lot of money to be honest. That's why I went for it. And also started the living room has no content with my life as it was. I'm suddenly I burst into tears to this day. I don't know where those just came from and I said Lord, this is everything that I want. I want a husband and I want a good job and I want a house that has my own and you know family that is my own and I broke. I don't know where that come from came from to this day. And no answer from God that I can. It's okay. I'll come for you. I'll come through for you. Just wait just wait say months. I've been hearing this for 3 years at that point a month. So nothing has changed in my life. I go back home. I reach home at around 9:39 45. My dad Waits For Me Everyday till I reach home and he's like did everything go well. Yeah the kids. Okay. Yes, and I can see the disappointment on my dad's face. Like this is what she does with her life. But I had nothing to say as preparing to go to bed and at 10:31. I walked into the kitchen to get my glass of water, which I always take. And on my phone this phone it said something like this message is coming on WhatsApp. No one messages me at night at late night. Nobody does and when this message came, I felt this jump inside my stomach and I don't know where that came from and it said MTM and it said hi. This is Naveen. Your dad said I could message you I will never for the rest of my life. I'll get that day or that message because my 80 years of waiting and that I 10:31 p.m. On May 27th. I did not know what I said.