Waiting on God

Introduction

Long pause – waiting is difficult and uncomfortable

Causes us to start raising all kinds of questions?

Did he remember his sermon?
Does he feel OK?

Is something wrong?

Waiting for God can sometimes be uncomfortable too, and might raise questions:

Is God paying attention?

Does he care what is going on?

Why isn’t anything happening?

Waiting is a very important concept for God’s children

Read “wait” passages from the Bible

Read about Biblical characters who waited

What waiting does not mean

Sitting around doing nothing

Looking to some other source for the answer

Taking a sour grapes attitude

Cutting your own path away from what is right

(story of pickups “making their own exit” on LBJ freeway in Dallas)

What waiting does mean

A sense of expectation

Preparation for God’s answer

Focusing on faithfulness and perseverance

Are you waiting on God?

Eye dim slow