WAIT UPON THE LORD

Not one, not two, but DOZENS of people have told me after Sunday services, “Pastor, you were speaking RIGHT TO ME.”

HOW does this happen??

I WAIT upon the Lord until I KNOW what message to give at an upcoming service, THEN I WAIT MORE to let the Holy Spirit whisper examples to me that I can use for illustrations.

TO GOD be the glory for speaking to men ! ! !

God is saying TODAY .. “ALL of my people need to wait upon me ... I WILL speak to them, I WILL give them leadings and directions, I WILL tell them whether or not to invest and WHERE to invest, I WILL give them peace like they have NEVER known ! !”

THINK NOW ... WHEN is the LAST TIME you WAITED (spent time alone quietly - waiting, listening for God)? You have MISSED some of the blessings God wanted to give you - don’t believe me?? Turn to:

Isa 40:28-31 (TLB)

28 Don't you yet understand? Don't you know by now that the everlasting God, the Creator of the farthest parts of the earth, never grows faint or weary? No one can fathom the depths of his understanding.

29 He gives power to the tired and worn out, and strength to the weak.

30 Even the youths shall be exhausted, and the young men will all give up.

31 But THEY THAT WAIT UPON THE LORD shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

The word WAIT is:

6960 qavah (kaw-vaw');

a primitive root; to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect:

More definition of the word WAIT:

6960 qavah-

1) to wait, to look for, to hope, to expect

a) (Qal) waiting (participle)

b) (Piel)

1) to wait or to look eagerly for

2) to lie in wait for

3) to wait for, to linger for

SIT DOWN .. have your BIBLE handy .. be ALONE (in your closet means to be in a secret or private place with God :) .. WAIT .. LISTEN ...

In about 15 SECONDS, your mind think about something else .. STOP IT .. REEL IT IN .. think about WAITING on GOD ! ! ! It takes TIME, discipline, PRACTICE.

If you DO this REGULARLY, you WILL receive the BLESSINGS outlined in the about scripture .. you will be RENEWED, REFRESHED. You will have NEW STRENGTH .. you will receive PLANS from God .. directions and DREAMS that will make you FLY like an eagle, run like a strong man, and walk like a wise man :)

For YOUR study:

People in the Bible who waited upon God and received TREMENDOUS things from God . . .

Jesus - Matt 4:1 - 11

Daniel - Daniel 10:10 - 14

Moses - Exodus 34:28 -30

(Final Scripture) Ps 37:7-11 (NKJ)

7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him; do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.

8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; do not fret-- it only causes harm.

9 For evildoers shall be cut off; but those who wait on the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.

10 For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more; indeed, you will look carefully for his place, but it shall be no more.

11 But the meek shall inherit the earth, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.