Waiting Upon The Lord

Isaiah 40:28-31
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When we talk about waiting on the Lord, you’ve got to have patience.  One thing you must have is patience.  It’s like that saying “He might not come when you want Him but He’s always on time”.
 
There are people right now that don’t have what we’re talking about - people that have no patience; that don’t believe in waiting.  Makes me think about the prodigal son - he couldn’t wait on his inheritance from his father.  He told his father – “Father give me my portion that falleth to me now”.  He couldn’t wait for a will or wait for his father to pass, he wanted his stuff now.
 
This made me think also about Abraham and Sarah, who also couldn’t wait on God.  God had promised them a son, but they wouldn’t wait on God. They wanted to get ahead of God and got Ishmael by Hagar.
 
This land and country is filled with people who don’t believe in waiting.  You got young people that don’t believe in taking the time out to go to school or go to college.   They want instant gratification - they want what they want right now.
 
Still Isaiah has a message for us about waiting in the word of God.
 
Isaiah describes a God that is so awesome.  We’re talking about the everlasting God, the LORD,  the creator of the ends of the earth.  Isaiah says “He fainteth not nor is He weary”.  In other words He doesn’t get tired nor does He get weak.  The bible also tells us He doesn’t sleep nor does He slumber.
 
We’re talking about a God that you can call on any time of day or night .  You don’t have to wait until He wakes up to call him or email him or text or whatever.  By this word we know that He’s always awake.  It also tells us that He gives power to those that are faint and strength to them that have none. God is a supplier - He will supply you with whatever your need may be. 
 
When we look closer we see that He’s contrasting between the youth and them that wait.  As I said earlier we’ve got to have patience if we’re going to wait on the Lord.
 
“But they that wait upon the lord SHALL renew their strength” - it said shall, it didn’t say might – renew their strength.  In other words you will get that second wind, as some may say.  We are talking about a God that is able to supply us with strength so that we can mount up with wings like an eagle. 
 
An eagle is an awesome bird.  As you watch him on television you see how he swoops down on the lake and he catches a huge trout and he soars with it.  Eagles have also been known to take small animals – there is great strength in an eagle’s wings.
 
And that’s what God is willing to give to us.  He is willing to give us the strength and the ability to endure.  Sometimes we might get weak on this journey; we might get weary.  But if we trust in the Lord with all of our heart and lean not unto our own understanding He will be that supplier to our every need.  God is a supplier; not only is He a supplier He is a sustainer.
 
Regardless as to what you are going through, regardless what you are experiencing; our God is able to meet your needs.  We can look at this as a race - you see people out there running and they will get a second wind.  When you get that second wind you can go a little bit further.
 
Wait on God
 
So many times we can be praying about a thing and it seems like God is not answering us.  I know I have been praying about a thing and it didn’t seem like God was going to answer.  It may have seemed like God wasn’t going to answer but I didn’t quit praying.  I kept seeking the Lord.  A lot of times the answer might not come just like we’re praying for it to come, but it will come.
 
We might be praying for a friend, we might be praying for a family member to come to Christ. It could be that we have been sharing the word of God with them.  But they might not come to our church –they might go over there to a little camp meeting.  They might go to a revival and somebody over there might be preaching that same word.  That word will prick their heart and they’ll give their life to the Lord; they might give their heart to Christ.  It may not come like we think, but it will come.  Wait on God.
 
So many times things have happened like that.  We have to continue to pray that God will draw our family members.  I’ve got family members that are not saved and then we’ll talk to them and they’re like yeah, yeah, yeah.  But I’m praying that God will put people in their path to fertilize or water that word that we are sowing in their hearts.   We know the word of God is not going to return void.  It’s going to go out and do what it is sent out to do. 
 
In verse 31 the word “shall” is mentioned 4 times.  Four in that one verse: shall – shall – shall – shall.  I want to let you know: just wait on Him.  It might not seem like He’s coming, but He is coming.
 
We have to make a conscious decision to accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior.  Let me tell you something – when I get to heaven, I’m praying to God that I see all of you there. 
 
My main thing as a Man of God is to encourage you that if you have not accepted Jesus Christ - Accept Him.   It’s easy.  The bible says that “if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.” (Romans 10:9)
 
It’s simple. A person can easily come to Christ.  We don’t have to go all across the hills and mountains.  Years ago as I explained salvation to my son I told him: God is not looking for you to climb a mountain and come back with an eagle’s feather.  Nor is He looking for you to dive into the ocean and come up with a fish in your mouth.  He is not looking for you to be thrown into a jungle to fight some vicious animal.  As I told him, we are saved through faith.  That day I had a chance to lead my son to Christ.
 
And God is not asking any of us to do those things.  He is just asking us to accept his Son Jesus Christ into our heart and live for HIM.
 
The curtain is going to close one day.  The bottom line is we need to know where we’re going to end up and the decision that we make now will determine where we spend eternity.
~J. T.