Sometimes You Just Need to Wait
January 24, 2024 · 1:15:09 · Watch on YouTube ↗
These notes - summary, key points, and highlighted thoughts - were generated by AI from the recording and are not the preacher’s exact words.
Summary
The service opens with a reminder of how good it is to be in God's presence. Recalling Israel following the pillar of cloud and fire out of Egypt and trusting the Lord at the edge of the sea, the preacher moves to the blind man Jesus healed at Bethsaida and the lame man Peter raised at the temple gate. We learn to come to Christ with an open heart, so He can open our spiritual eyes and others can see Jesus living in us.
The main message turns to a simple but demanding theme: sometimes you just need to wait. In a world of instant everything - fast travel, instant internet, instant gratification - we have lost patience, and that impatience can quietly erode our trust in God. When the Lord is silent and the answer is delayed, He is not absent; He is asking us to wait.
Abraham waited twenty-five years for the promised son and never stopped believing, while King Saul refused to wait at Gilgal and lost his kingdom. God is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and He is never late. In the quiet seasons of waiting He is working on our hearts. Like the one leper who returned to give thanks, we are called to trust, to wait patiently, and to keep thanking the Lord every day.
Key Points
- It is good to dwell in God's presence every day, not only when we are in trouble or sick.
- Like Israel following the pillar of cloud and fire, keep your eyes on the Lord to reach the promised land.
- Come to Jesus with an open heart so He can open your spiritual eyes and others can see Him in you.
- Be like the one leper who came back to give thanks, not the nine who forgot.
- In a culture of instant gratification, learn to wait on God instead of rushing ahead of Him.
- Abraham trusted God's promise for 25 years; Saul lost his kingdom because he would not wait.
- God is never late; in the seasons of waiting He shapes our hearts, so ask Him for patience.
Devotional
When God seems silent, it is tempting to rush ahead and settle for less than His promise, just as Saul did. Yet the quiet seasons of waiting are exactly where He does His deepest work in our hearts. Remember that He is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and He is never late with His help. Today, trust Him with what you are still waiting for, and like the grateful leper, return to give Him thanks.
God is never late with His help - He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
In the quiet seasons of waiting, God is working on your heart.
Sometimes you do not need to act - you simply need to wait on the Lord.
