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  GOD IS WAITING UPON US
  by Charles E. Cowman
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes the importance of understanding God's
waiting on us and the blessings that come from our patience and trust in
His timing.

Topics: "Divine Providence", "Spiritual Growth"
Scripture References: Psalm 27:14, Psalm 37:7, Isaiah 30:18, Habakkuk 2:3, Luke 18:7, Romans 8:25, Galatians 4:4, James 5:7

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Charles E. Cowman preaches about the profound concept of God waiting on
us, emphasizing that our waiting upon Him is met with His gracious
waiting upon us, instilling confidence that our patience will not be in
vain. He explains that God's timing is perfect, likening Him to a wise
husbandman who waits for the fruit to ripen before harvesting, ensuring
that we are spiritually ready to receive His blessings. Cowman
encourages the congregation to embrace waiting in the sunshine of God's
love and under the cloud of trials, as both are essential for spiritual
growth and the manifestation of God's blessings.

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"And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto
you...blessed are all they that wait f or him" (Isa. 30:18).

We must not only think of our waiting upon God, but also of what is more
wonderful still, of God's waiting upon us. The vision of Him waiting on
us, will give new impulse and inspiration to our waiting upon Him. It
will give us unspeakable confidence that our waiting cannot be in vain.
Let us seek even now, at this moment, in the spirit of waiting on God,
to find out something of what it means. He has inconceivably glorious
purposes concerning every one of His children. And you ask, "How is it,
if He waits to be gracious, that even after I come and wait upon Him, He
does not give the. help I seek, but waits on longer and longer?"

God is a wise husbandman, "who waiteth for the precious fruit of the
earth, and hath long patience for it." He cannot gather the fruit till
it is ripe. He knows when we are spiritually ready to receive the
blessing to our profit and His glory. Waiting in the sunshine of His
love is what will ripen the soul for His blessing. Waiting under the
cloud of trial, that breaks in showers of blessings, is as needful. Be
assured that if God waits longer than you could wish, it is only to make
the blessing doubly precious. God waited four thousand years, till the
fullness of time, ere He sent His Son. Our times are in His hands; He
will avenge His elect speedily; He will make haste for our help, and not
delay one hour too long. --Andrew Murray

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