“Waiting on God’s Timing”

“Waiting on God’s Timing”

Isaiah 64:4
I.  God acts on our behalf

3 choices when we have to wait:
1. We can manipulate the circumstances
2. We can quit and walk away
3. We can wait and watch God work

II.  Requirements for waiting on God’s timing

1. Trust
2. Humility
3. Patience
4. Courage

1). Courage to resist the temptation to follow our schedule
2). Courage to resist the temptation of the pressure from others
3). Courage to resist the temptation to be afraid

III. Consequences of failing to wait on God’s timing

IV. Reasons to wait on God’s timing

1. Lamentations 3:25-26
2. Psalm 40:1-3
3. Isaiah 49:23
4. Psalm 37:9 and Psalm 37:34
5. Philippians 4:4-7