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Coastal Christian | The Benefits of Waiting on God | Various Scriptures | Pastor Jesse Stokes | 10-20-24

October 20, 2024 · Pastor Jesse Stokes

Pastor Jesse Stokes Various Scriptures Adversity Patience Strength Endurance Encouragement God's promises

Sermon Notes:

Outline:
1- The benefits of waiting
2- The definition of waiting
3- Examples of waiting
4- How to wait
 
Main Point:
God does wonderful things for those who wait on Him.
 
Part 1:
Benefits of waiting on God
 
Experience God’s protection (Ps 33:20)
Won’t be put to shame (Ps 23:5)
Renewed Strength (Is 40:31)
God works for you (Is 64:4)
Experience God’s Goodness (Lam 3:25)
Inherit the promises of God (Heb 6:12)
Greater wisdom and understanding
       of God’s Will (Ps 24:5)
 
Experience God’s Protection
 
“Our soul waits for the Lord; He is our help and our shield. For our heart is glad in Him, because we trust in His Holy name” – Psalm 33:20
 
Won’t be put to shame
 
“Indeed none who wait for you shall be put to shame”
– Psalm 23:5
 
Renewed Strength
 
“But they that wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run, and not grow weary, they shall walk and shall not faint.”
– Isaiah 40:31
 
God works for you
 
“From of old no one has heard or perceived by the ear, no eye has seen a God besides you, who acts for those who wait for him.”
– Isaiah 64:4
 
Experience God’s Goodness
 
“The Lord is good to those who wait on him, to the soul that seeks him”
– Lamentations 3:25
 
Inherit the promises of God
 
“you are to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.”
– Hebrews 6:12
 
Greater wisdom and understanding of God’s Will
 
“Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I will wait all the day long.”
– Psalm 25:4-5
 
 
Part 2:
Waiting Defined
 
The Hebrew word for “wait” is Qavah. It can also mean “look patiently”, “tarry”, “hope”, or
to “bind together”
 
Part 3:
Examples of Waiting
 
– The farmer waits for rain
– The fisher wait for fish
– The hunter waits for deer
– The investor waits on the stock market
– The trees wait for the sun
– The employee waits on his boss
– The Christian is to wait on God
 
Part 3:
Biblical Examples
 
Bad examples:
Abraham, Moses, King Saul
 
Good examples:
Daniel, Anna, Jesus
 
Waiting on God is not laziness, because the bible calls laziness a sin
 
Waiting on God might not change the circumstances but waiting on God will change you
 
If the Lord Jehovah makes us wait, let us do so with our whole hearts; for blessed are all they that wait for Him. He is worth waiting for. The waiting itself is beneficial to us: it tries faith, exercises patience, trains submission, and endears the blessing when
it comes. The Lord’s people have always been a waiting people. – Charles Spurgeon
 
Part 4: How to Wait
 
Waiting on God is like
going to the doctor
 
Step 1:
Call the Doctor (Prayer)
 
“Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and rely on horses, who trust in chariots, because they are many in horseman because they are strong, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel or consult the Lord” – Isaiah 31:1
 
Step 2:
Listen to the Doctor (Listen to Scripture)
 
“My sheep hear my voice, I know them and they follow me” – John 10:27
 
Step 3:
Obey when Doctor says rest
(Obey God when he slows you down)
 
“He makes me lie down in green pastures”
– Psalm 23:2
 
“In returning and in rest, you shall be saved, in quietness and in trust will be your strength”
– Isaiah 30:15
 
“Be still and know that I am God”
– Psalm 46:10
 
Step 4:
Obey when the Doctor says act
(Obey God by acting)
 
And David inquired of the Lord, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you give
them into my hand?” And the Lord said to David, “Go up, for I will certainly give the Philistines into your hand.”
– 2 Samuel 5:19
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