Waiting does not come easy for most of us. Waiting in line, waiting for Christmas, waiting for your wedding day...not much fun! Waiting requires patience and most folks in our "microwave society" have far too little of this precious comodity. But to those who practice patience and wait on the Lord the rewards are excellent.
Jesus told His disciples to wait in Jerusalem for the Holy Spirit and THEN they would be witnesses for Him. The disciples were sitting on the biggest story ever but were told to wait and not share it just yet! How does this make any sense? The crucifixtion and resurrection were hot of the presses big news! Yet, they were told to wait until God came upon them and then, in God's time, they would be turned loose on the population as God's witness.
The results...The apostles preached with power in the language of ever person present at Pentecost...at the same time! The Greeks heard the apostle's testimony in Greek, the Jews in Hebrew and the Arabs in Arabic! Every man, woman and child heard the witness of the apostles in their own tongue without need of a translator!
When we wait upon God we do things in His power, His way and with the results only He can bring. How do we wait on God??? We pray, read His Word, listen and go to the work when He opens the door and sends us...not a moment before He convicts and sends!
Doing the work right means doing it in the Lord's time, empowered by the Lord and exactly as the Lord asks us to do it...the results of doing so are nothing short of remarkable!
Pastor James
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