Psalm 40:1 I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
Friends, it’s Monday morning! Battle stations all! Gird up thyself with your spiritual armour and get ready to renew the workweek hostilities with the enemy! But only after having offered some thanks for the great privilege of seeing a new day, some praise for the Lord’s goodness and mercy, and reverently asking for guidance all through our waking hours, are we really ready, can we set out to do battle. Then all during those hectic hours, let’s remember to keep our focus on our God, so that He can sustain us with His Holy Spirit. It sounds like a lot to ask, but once that routine becomes habitual, we’ll do it without even thinking. But please make sure it does not become just a rote exercise, but a sincere, heartfelt communication. Ah my people, there are three very important habits we need to develop when dealing and communicating with the Lord. The first is learning to talk to Him whenever we’re awake. That’s hard in the busy, bustling world in which we live, but can be done if we set our minds to it. We just need to do it consciously at first, until it becomes habit forming. That one I’ve mastered. The second habit we need to acquire is even more difficult; that’s listening to Him for His answers and opinions. This communication is supposed to be a two way street, so we can’t do all the talking. Just like we learn to listen to other humans, staying silent while they’re talking, it’s the same with our God. We can’t truly listen to Him if we keep babbling all the time. That habit I’m not too bad at. I don’t always understand what He’s trying to say, but at least I’m developing the listening attitude. Now the third habit is possibly the most important, but I find it the most difficult; that’s after our communication, waiting patiently for Him to do His thing. And right now I think He has me in serious school with that one. (smile) That’s because I like to get things done instead of fiddle fuddling and having them linger on. But that’s not always the Lord’s preference, and at those times we just have to humble ourselves like Bruh David says and wait. ‘I waited patiently for the Lord, and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.’ And I know that many of us believers have that problem, especially in this now for now world we live in. However, if we claim to be believers, and want to mature as such, then we just have to hunker down and wait patiently. All of the truly faithful learned that lesson, sometimes the hard way, so let’s look at a few scriptures that talk about waiting on our God. Let’s go all the way back to Jacob on his death bed, prophesying re the future of his sons. Halfway through he exclaims: ‘I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord.’ (Gen.49:18) Jacob’s early life was not truly God centred, but once he changed from being a fraudulent scoundrel, he knew deep down that the Lord would bless him and eventually receive him in glory if he did his best and waited quietly and patiently. Bruh David voiced this principle more than anyone else. In Psalm 25, a prayer for guidance and protection, he says: ‘Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.’ (Ps.25:5) He reiterates the importance of waiting again in Psalm 37: ‘Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices (schemes) to pass.’ (Ps.37:7) Isaiah’s voice was also heard crying out on the subject. ‘And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.’ (Is.25:9) Jeremiah said his piece too in Lamentations. ‘The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.’ (Lam.3:25-26) And it wouldn’t be right not to quote Bruh Paul, who says; ‘For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.’ (Gal.5:5) Jesus also commanded the disciples, ‘that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.’ (Acts.1:4-5) And we all know what transpired on that first Day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit burst in to the room on the assembled disciples, like ‘a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven (divided) tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.’ (Acts 2:2-4) Wow! Yes my people, that’s the amazing kind of thing that can happen to us when we wait patiently on the Lord. And I’ve left the best and two most famous quotes on waiting for last. That of Isaiah: ‘But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.’ (Isa.40:31) And we all know Bruh David’s great advice from Psalm 27 titled the Lord is my light and my salvation: ‘Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.’ (Ps.27:14) Ah my Friends, truer words were never spoken. So with all that wise advice from those people of great faith, who are we to doubt eh? Let us just concentrate on improving our communication skills with the Lord; talk and listen continually, and learn to wait till He’s ready to perform His miracles in our lives. Much LOVE!…patience is only acquired through experience…through waiting patiently…
Friends, it’s Monday morning! Battle stations all! Gird up thyself with your spiritual armour and get ready to renew the workweek hostilities with the enemy! But only after having offered some thanks for the great privilege of seeing a new day, some praise for the Lord’s goodness and mercy, and reverently asking for guidance all through our waking hours, are we really ready, can we set out to do battle. Then all during those hectic hours, let’s remember to keep our focus on our God, so that He can sustain us with His Holy Spirit. It sounds like a lot to ask, but once that routine becomes habitual, we’ll do it without even thinking. But please make sure it does not become just a rote exercise, but a sincere, heartfelt communication. Ah my people, there are three very important habits we need to develop when dealing and communicating with the Lord. The first is learning to talk to Him whenever we’re awake. That’s hard in the busy, bustling world in which we live, but can be done if we set our minds to it. We just need to do it consciously at first, until it becomes habit forming. That one I’ve mastered. The second habit we need to acquire is even more difficult; that’s listening to Him for His answers and opinions. This communication is supposed to be a two way street, so we can’t do all the talking. Just like we learn to listen to other humans, staying silent while they’re talking, it’s the same with our God. We can’t truly listen to Him if we keep babbling all the time. That habit I’m not too bad at. I don’t always understand what He’s trying to say, but at least I’m developing the listening attitude. Now the third habit is possibly the most important, but I find it the most difficult; that’s after our communication, waiting patiently for Him to do His thing. And right now I think He has me in serious school with that one. (smile) That’s because I like to get things done instead of fiddle fuddling and having them linger on. But that’s not always the Lord’s preference, and at those times we just have to humble ourselves like Bruh David says and wait. ‘I waited patiently for the Lord, and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.’ And I know that many of us believers have that problem, especially in this now for now world we live in. However, if we claim to be believers, and want to mature as such, then we just have to hunker down and wait patiently. All of the truly faithful learned that lesson, sometimes the hard way, so let’s look at a few scriptures that talk about waiting on our God. Let’s go all the way back to Jacob on his death bed, prophesying re the future of his sons. Halfway through he exclaims: ‘I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord.’ (Gen.49:18) Jacob’s early life was not truly God centred, but once he changed from being a fraudulent scoundrel, he knew deep down that the Lord would bless him and eventually receive him in glory if he did his best and waited quietly and patiently. Bruh David voiced this principle more than anyone else. In Psalm 25, a prayer for guidance and protection, he says: ‘Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.’ (Ps.25:5) He reiterates the importance of waiting again in Psalm 37: ‘Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices (schemes) to pass.’ (Ps.37:7) Isaiah’s voice was also heard crying out on the subject. ‘And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.’ (Is.25:9) Jeremiah said his piece too in Lamentations. ‘The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.’ (Lam.3:25-26) And it wouldn’t be right not to quote Bruh Paul, who says; ‘For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.’ (Gal.5:5) Jesus also commanded the disciples, ‘that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.’ (Acts.1:4-5) And we all know what transpired on that first Day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit burst in to the room on the assembled disciples, like ‘a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven (divided) tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.’ (Acts 2:2-4) Wow! Yes my people, that’s the amazing kind of thing that can happen to us when we wait patiently on the Lord. And I’ve left the best and two most famous quotes on waiting for last. That of Isaiah: ‘But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.’ (Isa.40:31) And we all know Bruh David’s great advice from Psalm 27 titled the Lord is my light and my salvation: ‘Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.’ (Ps.27:14) Ah my Friends, truer words were never spoken. So with all that wise advice from those people of great faith, who are we to doubt eh? Let us just concentrate on improving our communication skills with the Lord; talk and listen continually, and learn to wait till He’s ready to perform His miracles in our lives. Much LOVE!…patience is only acquired through experience…through waiting patiently…
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