Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a YouTube video of song and lyrics of Lincoln Brewster singing … While I Wait … poignantly singing of how we should wait for the Lord, making our lives a waiting game or preparation and worship.
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Highlight Verse[s]: Acts 1:4-5 [NLT] … 4 On one occasion, while He was eating with them, He gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. 5 For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”
… Jesus commands us to wait in Him in an attitude of trust and worship.
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Highlight Passage [context]: Acts 1:4-11 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Just before Jesus ascended into Heaven after the resurrection, He commands His inner Disciples to gather and wait on the Holy Spirit.
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Reference Passage : … Psalm 130:5 [NIV] … 5 I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in His word I put my hope.
… The ancient Jewish command that we are to treat others with all the love God shows to us.
Reference Passage : … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God desires that we wait - TRUSTINGLY - to allow Him to lead us with His word.
Reference Passage : … Isaiah 40:30-31 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God desires that we allow Him to give us the strength to wait on Him.
Reference Passage : … Revelation 19:6-8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… The Apostle John was given a vision of the Wedding Feast of the Lamb of God; … and His Bride was there, having prepared Her linens, which were the acts of worship and surrender to the Lord.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Peter Chin, uses story of impatience and the bad that results when we’re unwilling to wait at times. The ODB author wrote … Police charged a woman with reckless driving after she drove off the street and onto the sidewalk and back because she didn’t want to wait for a school bus dropping off students!
While it’s true that waiting can make us impatient, there are also good things to do and learn in the waiting.
I know that patience [i.e., the ability to wait trustingly on God] is one of the fruit of the Spirit [see Galatians 5:22-23]; but I must admit that it is one of the lesser mature fruit in my life’s basket. I often find myself impatient, even to the point of anger, in traffic jams and other unimportant situations.
Just before Jesus ascended into Heaven, He told His Disciples (in the highlight passage) to wait patiently in Jerusalem for the coming of His Spirit. And they gathered, as they had before the crucifixion in an upper room, following His commands, … but waiting by prayer/worship on their Lord’s promises. And that scene shows us that there are going to be times when we have trouble waiting on God and His promises; … but wait we must … for His promises to unfold.
And that’s what God’s word tells us (see reference passages) over and over again, knowing that it’s going to be tough to wait. But the wait will be worth it … as described by God thru John’s reflection (see Rev 19:6-8). For one day we will be with our Bridegroom at the wedding feast of the Lamb of God.
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My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Abba Father, … thank You, Lord, … for giving us the strength to wait on You.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, … King Jesus, … I pray, Lord, that all reading here can, and will, join me, to wait faithfully on God’s promises to unfold in His timing and good will. … Amen
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