1. Weight Training Wait Training Wait...  Stay in a place or remain inactive or in anticipation until something expected occurs Wait on Wait up

2. I. Biblical Waiting

3. Types of Waiting 1. Obedient expectation, Ex.24:14 2. Hopeless unexpectation, Ru.1:13-14 3. Evil lurking, Pro.23:28 4. Smoldering anger, Ho.7:6 5. Patient anticipation, Lk.24:49; Ac.1:4

4. I. Biblical Waiting II. Wait Training

5. 1. Wait for God’s instructions 1 Sm.10:…8 1 Sm.13:…8  Explanation Unbelief Repeats Ex.32 Situation ethics Pride 2 Chr.26 Entertainment

6. 2. Some waiting is procrastination 2 K.7 Friends need gospel Family needs training Soul needs daily nourishment

7. 3. Some wait for revenge Pro.20:22  Wait for the Lord, not for vengeance “It may be difficult to wait on the Lord, but it is worse to wish you had”

8. 4. Wait on the Lord Is.40:31  Not passive patience Actively seek to do His will Rely on Him for guidance “Good things come to those who wait”

9. What is “waiting on the Lord”? A. Faith that stays the course (Gn.15) Ph.4:10-13, persecution, preaching… Lk.8:15Ja.1:2-4 RejoicedNo needContent Know how (12) Through Him (13)

10. James 5:7-11 1. Farmers wait for harvest 2. Prophets wait in persecution 3. Job waits in suffering Oppressed Christians (7) wait for Lord (8) Blaming one another (9) is not waiting

11. A. Faith that stays the course B. Ability to do nothing until com- mand comes and time is right  Mk.9:9  Waiting may be... difficultstrangeselfish?sinful?

12. A. Faith that stays the course B. Ability to do nothing until command comes… C. Eager for opportunity to obey  1 Chr. 28  David did everything but build PeaceLocationLand MoneyMaterialsOverseers

13. 5. Apprehensive waiting Ac.27:…33  Paul experiences same dangers as unbelievers, yet is calm. How? The Christian can’t lose delivered “out of” 2 Tim.4:17 will deliver “from” 2 Tim.4:18

14. God waits, Hb.10:13 1 Pt.3:20  His patience has a limit We eagerly await, Hb.9:28  Bless those who wait before Thee… Hb.12:1 (Ga.5:7) Ac.22:16