This may be a preview for a few if you.But I want to share a thought I'll be speaking on August 26th (Miracle Temple, Poinciana).
We are people of faith, right? And some of us even know how to hitch fasting, prayer, and the Word to our faith to bolster its effectiveness.
But what we struggle with even after all that, is the waiting. Agree?
You see, God never promised an immediate answer to every prayer.
Abraham waited 25 years, Joseph 10, then there is David, and Jabez (time not given) and there is Anna and Simeon waiting for their first glimpse of the Messiah.
Perhaps even more unfathomable are the 700 years of silence between the Old and New Testaments, while creation held its breath for the Redeemer to make His entrance.
The trick is knowing what to while you wait.
In the doctor's office we read a magazine, at the movies we eat popcorn, drink soda and watch the trailers.
What will we do while our answer tarries? Will we get mad at God, be nasty to the people around us, or just fall off the ledge into bottomless depression?
As you walk through days or years of prayer what's your plan. Fill in the blank: While I wait I will........
Great is your faithfulness, O God.
We are people of faith, right? And some of us even know how to hitch fasting, prayer, and the Word to our faith to bolster its effectiveness.
But what we struggle with even after all that, is the waiting. Agree?
You see, God never promised an immediate answer to every prayer.
Abraham waited 25 years, Joseph 10, then there is David, and Jabez (time not given) and there is Anna and Simeon waiting for their first glimpse of the Messiah.
Perhaps even more unfathomable are the 700 years of silence between the Old and New Testaments, while creation held its breath for the Redeemer to make His entrance.
The trick is knowing what to while you wait.
In the doctor's office we read a magazine, at the movies we eat popcorn, drink soda and watch the trailers.
What will we do while our answer tarries? Will we get mad at God, be nasty to the people around us, or just fall off the ledge into bottomless depression?
As you walk through days or years of prayer what's your plan. Fill in the blank: While I wait I will........
Great is your faithfulness, O God.
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