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Weight Training Wait Training Wait... Stay in a place or remain inactive or in anticipation until something expected occurs Wait on Wait up
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I. Biblical Waiting
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Types of Waiting 1. Obedient expectation, Ex.24:14 2. Hopeless unexpectation, Ru.1:13-14 3. Evil lurking, Pro.23:28 4. Smoldering anger, Ho.7:6 5. Patient anticipation, Lk.24:49; Ac.1:4
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I. Biblical Waiting II. Wait Training
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1. Wait for God’s instructions 1 Sm.10:…8 1 Sm.13:…8 Explanation Unbelief Repeats Ex.32 Situation ethics Pride 2 Chr.26 Entertainment
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2. Some waiting is procrastination 2 K.7 Friends need gospel Family needs training Soul needs daily nourishment
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3. Some wait for revenge Pro.20:22 Wait for the Lord, not for vengeance “It may be difficult to wait on the Lord, but it is worse to wish you had”
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4. Wait on the Lord Is.40:31 Not passive patience Actively seek to do His will Rely on Him for guidance “Good things come to those who wait”
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What is “waiting on the Lord”? A. Faith that stays the course (Gn.15) Ph.4:10-13, persecution, preaching… Lk.8:15Ja.1:2-4 RejoicedNo needContent Know how (12) Through Him (13)
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James 5:7-11 1. Farmers wait for harvest 2. Prophets wait in persecution 3. Job waits in suffering Oppressed Christians (7) wait for Lord (8) Blaming one another (9) is not waiting
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A. Faith that stays the course B. Ability to do nothing until com- mand comes and time is right Mk.9:9 Waiting may be... difficultstrangeselfish?sinful?
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A. Faith that stays the course B. Ability to do nothing until command comes… C. Eager for opportunity to obey 1 Chr. 28 David did everything but build PeaceLocationLand MoneyMaterialsOverseers
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5. Apprehensive waiting Ac.27:…33 Paul experiences same dangers as unbelievers, yet is calm. How? The Christian can’t lose delivered “out of” 2 Tim.4:17 will deliver “from” 2 Tim.4:18
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God waits, Hb.10:13 1 Pt.3:20 His patience has a limit We eagerly await, Hb.9:28 Bless those who wait before Thee… Hb.12:1 (Ga.5:7) Ac.22:16
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