Waiting on the Lord

Jesus is Waiting for You

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Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from His journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour. A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”  John 4:6-7

It is often said that we must wait on the Lord, and with good reason. The Bible does teach us that waiting on God is the way He uses to renew our strength. But more often than not, in the stories of scripture, God is waiting on us. In today’s verse we find Jesus resting by a well. Now this seems a pretty normal thing, for the average guy on a hot day after a long walk. But Jesus is not just an average guy, He is the Son of God and He has plans than He often doesn’t explain to us. You see in Jesus’ daily calendar; He had scheduled a meeting with this woman from Samaria. She didn’t know it; the disciples didn’t know it and certainly no one in that unassuming little village would have guessed in their wildest dreams that the Messiah would stop at the outskirts of town that afternoon. Jesus wasn’t looking for anyone to impress Him with a formal welcome or reward Him with a generous honorarium. All He wanted was an honest conversation and a heart that was open to Him. Maybe that is all that Jesus is waiting for in our situation. Maybe we don’t need to wait, maybe we need to take a walk by a well and listen to what He has to say today. He has already finished all that needs to be done when He suffered on the cross and cried “It is finished!” Now He is resting by the well of living water for you and I to come and meet with Him today. Since Jesus is waiting: what are we waiting for?”

Today’s video was recorded at our monthly prayer and praise at Sunshine Christian Village and ends with the song “Fill My Cup Lord” Have a blessed week all!

A Divine Hurry

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Jesus immediately reached out his hand and took hold of him, saying to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?”
Matthew 14:31 ESV

We hear a lot of messages urging us to take things slowly, think them through and to wait on the Lord. “Wait on the Lord and He will renew your strength” People say, “Calm down. – Take it easy. – Just rest a while.” But I suggest that the waiting that the Lord has in mind is not a lackadaisical, let’s take it slow, attitude towards life. If we read on in that verse from Isaiah, the very first action it tells us to take is that we should, “Run and not be weary!” That got me to check out how Jesus “waited on the Lord” in His life and ministry.

Here are just a few examples:

And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.” 
And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
Matthew 8:3

Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds.
Matthew 14:3

 And they went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath he entered the synagogue and was teaching.
Mark 1:21

 And Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone out from him, 
immediately turned about in the crowd and said, “Who touched my garments?” Mark 5:30

Though we comfort ourselves with the thought that God the Father is never in a hurry, it is amazing to see that Jesus often was. He knew His time on earth was brief. Every second, each word and individual miracle performed, and healing given was done in what appears to be a divine hurry.

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But Divine hurry is not Divine panic. Jesus never worried that He might miss out on an opportunity. Rather the immediacy or even abruptness of Jesus actions (remember the overturning of the money changers tables) is more like the hurrying of the wind as it drives a ship across the water or the strike of a lightning bolt. God’s hurry is determined, steadfast and targeted. When we allow the divine hurry into our hearts it will motivate us to go rush to the side a friend at a car accident, grab our wife’s hand and pray for God to ease her pain after surgery or give generously without a second thought to a couple whose house has burned down. While fear motivates panic, a Divine hurry springs from an even greater force – the urgency and power of the love of Jesus. That love prayed in the garden, till His sweat fell like drops of blood. The love of Christ tossed aside caution and forbid Peter from using a sword in His defense. That same divine hurry must also be allowed to blow through our souls, like the mighty rushing wind of the day of Pentecost. When God arises, His enemies are scattered, sins are pardoned, shadows flee. away and we pray, “Come quickly Amen. Even so come Lord Jesus!” Revelation 22:20 KJV

Not a Very Good Waiter!

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I’m not a very good waiter
I just hate to be standing around!
But I’ve learned that the times when I wait on the Lord
That in Him joy and strength can be found

But when I complain that it's going too slow
Then He waits for me to quiet down
For Jesus gives His grace to the meek
With His promise of life that abounds

Then after all has been said in my day
When I finally trust He knows best
He comes and He carries me on eagle’s wings
To His mountain where eagles can rest!
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But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;
    they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
 they shall walk and not faint.
Isaiah 40:31 ESV


Not a Very Good Waiter by Peter Caligiuri
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