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lwpray
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 Waiting on God



WAITING ON GOD: IN TIMES OF DARKNESS
”I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth His face from the house of Jacob; and I will look for Him.”
Isa 8:17.

Here we have a servant of God, waiting upon Him, not on behalf of himself, but of his people, from whom God was hiding His face. It suggests to us how our waiting upon God, though it commences with our personal needs, with the desire for the revelation of Himself, or for the answer to personal petitions, need not, may not, stop there. We may be walking in the full light of God’s countenance, and God yet be hiding His face from His people around us; far from being content to think that this is nothing but the just punishment of their sin, or the consequence of their indifference, we are called with tender hearts to think of their sad estate, and to wait on God on their behalf.

The privilege of waiting upon God is one that brings great responsibility. Even as Christ, when He entered God’s presence, at once used His place of privilege and honour as intercessor, so we, no less, if we know what it is really to enter in and wait upon God, must use our access for our less favoured brethren. ”I will wait upon the Lord, who hideth His face from the house of Jacob.”

You worship with a certain congregation. Possibly there is not the spiritual life or joy either in the preaching or in the fellowship that you could desire. You belong to a Church, with its many congregations. There is so much of error or worldliness, of seeking after human wisdom and culture, or trust in ordinances and observances, that you do not wonder that God hides His face, in many cases, and that there is but little power for conversion or true edification. Then there are branches of Christian work with which you are connected - a Sunday school, a gospel hall, a young men’s association, a mission work abroad - in which the feebleness of the Spirit’s working appears to indicate that God is hiding His face.
You think, too, you know the reason, There is too much trust in men and money; there is too much formality and self-indulgence; there is too little faith and prayer; too little love and humility; too little of the spirit of the crucified Jesus. At times you feel as if things were hopeless; nothing will help.

Do believe that God can help and will help. Let the spirit of the prophet come into you, as you value his: words, and set yourself to wait on God, on behalf of His erring children. Instead of the tone of judgment or condemnation, of despondency or despair, realise your calling to wait upon God. If others fail in doing it, give yourself doubly to it. The deeper the darkness, the greater the need of appealing to the one only Deliverer. The greater the self-confidence around you, that knows not that it is poor and wretched and blind, the more urgent the call on you who profess to see the evil and to have access to Him who alone can help, to be at your post waiting upon God. Say on each new occasion, when you are tempted to speak or to sigh:
”I will wait on the Lord, who hideth His face from the house of Jacob.”

There is a still larger circle - the Christian Church throughout the world. Think of Greek, Roman Catholic, and Protestant churches, and the state of the millions that belong to them. Or think only of the Protestant churches with their open Bible and orthodox creeds. How much nominal profession and formality, how much of the rule of the flesh and of man in the very temple of God! And what abundant proof that God does hide his face!
What are those who see and mourn this to do? The first thing to be done is this: ”I will wait on the Lord, who hideth His face from the house of Jacob.”

Let us wait on God, in the humble confession of the sins of His people.
Let us take time and wait on Him in this exercise.
Let us wait on God in tender, loving intercession for all saints, our beloved brethren, however wrong their lives or their teaching may appear.
Let us wait on God in faith and expectation, until He shows us that He will hear.
Let us wait on God, with the simple offering of ourselves to Himself, and the earnest prayer that He would send us to our brethren.
Let us wait on God, and give Him no rest till He makes Zion a joy in the earth.

Yes, let us rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him who now hides His face from so many of His children. And let us say of the lifting up of the light of His countenance we long for all His people, ”I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and my hope is in His word. My soul waiteth for the Lord, more than the watchers for the morning, the watchers for the morning.”
”My soul, wait thou only upon God!”

WAITING ON GOD
Andrew Murray


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Lars Widerberg

 2003/12/8 12:56Profile
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 Re: Waiting on God

Good advice.


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Thank you brother. God used you tonight with that post. Waiting is hard but it is necessary. When you think your alone a brother takes the time to share some wisdom words. Thanks again


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thank you so much for sharing this brother. :-D


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Waiting is not entered into in the hope of some breakthrough. Rather, God is God, and He deserves that acknowledgment. We are not to wait expecting some consequence to our waiting, because waiting that has strings attached, even spiritual strings attached, and that hopes for blessing, is not true priestly waiting. Waiting is only waiting when we ask nothing, desire nothing, and expect nothing. We make no claims, we are not requiring, we are His creation and He is the Creator. That is priestliness.
Art Katz


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Lars Widerberg

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Quote:
The deeper the darkness, the greater the need of appealing to the one only Deliverer.



Amen! Let us never forget, that the more worldly the church gets, the more we must let it drive us toward the Father.

 2003/12/9 19:20Profile
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Good Posts!

People become like what they meditate and look upon.

To me waiting on God, does not mean I expect something material from Him (I don't serve God for loaves and fishes.) I want to be a partaker of His nature, be like Him in His character. That's true Godliness. The more Godly one becomes, the more he seperates from the world.

Below are the verses that I meditate on the most:
2Pe 1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
2Pe 1:5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
2Pe 1:6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
2Pe 1:7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
2Pe 1:8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2Pe 1:9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
2Pe 1:10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
2Pe 1:11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Be a people set apart.
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 Re: Waiting on God



Waiting inaugurates the priestly ministry, but it is not the end of it. Waiting needs to be characteristic of our whole mind-set and disposition before God, not only for the time of ministry, but even in the process of ministry. Can you believe that one can be waiting, even in the midst of speaking? While you are speaking, you are waiting on God for the next statement. It is a remarkable disposition of an inward kind, even while one is active.

This kind of waiting is virtually unknown to modern consideration, but needs to be restored. There is a conjunction between the willingness and the ability to be unseen and unheard, and to wait, that has everything to do with the power, the glory and the authority that is exhibited when we are called to be employed. One never knows when that calling will come, or even if it will come, but one has got to come to a priestly place where it makes no difference. To wait on God silently is as much to render Him priestly service as to go and speak, and only priestly service is effectual service.
Art Katz


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