Pastor Elio Marrocco's "Waiting For God" sermon at New Life Christian Church on July 5, 2013. You can learn more about New Life Christian Church here: http://www.newlifecc.ca

1. WAITING FOR GOD

2. WAITING FOR GOD
A. THE NEED OF WAITING
Lamentations 3:25
25
The Lord is good to those who wait for
Him, to the one who looks for Him.

3. WAITING FOR GOD
A. THE NEED OF WAITING
Isaiah 30:18
18
So the Lord wants to show you
kindness. He waits on high to have
loving-pity on you. For the Lord is a
God of what is right and fair. And
good will come to all those who hope
in Him.

4. WAITING FOR GOD
A. THE NEED OF WAITING
Proverbs 8:34
34
Happy is the man who listens to me,
watching every day at my gates,
waiting beside my doors.

5. WAITING FOR GOD
A. THE NEED OF WAITING
Isaiah 30:18
18
So the Lord wants to show you
kindness. He waits on high to have
loving-pity on you. For the Lord is a
God of what is right and fair. And
good will come to all those who hope
in Him.

6. WAITING FOR GOD
Why does God wait with his
response to man in the light
of Isa. 30:18?

7. WAITING FOR GOD
(1) In order to do a work of grace in
man while God uses the period of
waiting as his opportunity to do
what cannot otherwise be done.

8. WAITING FOR GOD
(2) To accomplish a work which will
result in his exaltation and man's
abasement.

9. WAITING FOR GOD
(3) To manifest his mercy and
demonstrate the wisdom of his
judgment.

10. WAITING FOR GOD
To what purpose does God
keep man waiting in?

11. WAITING FOR GOD
(1) To silence the natural restlessness
and agitation of the human spirit.
Psalm 37:7
7
Rest in the Lord and be willing to wait
for Him. Do not trouble yourself
when all goes well with the one who
carries out his sinful plans.

12. WAITING FOR GOD
(2) To teach man reverence for a holy
God and to give him a sense of his
unworthiness because of his
earthiness.
Habakkuk 2:20
20
But the Lord is in His holy house. Let all
the earth be quiet before Him.”

13. WAITING FOR GOD
(3) To intensify man's desire for God so
that God might have a greater
opportunity for a greater response.
Psalm 42:1-2
As the deer desires rivers of water, so my
soul desires You, O God. 2
My soul is
thirsty for God, for the living God.
When will I come and meet with
God?

14. WAITING FOR GOD
(4) To condition the human faculties for
the reception of that which is to
follow and to bring man into
complete submission.
Exodus 24:12, 15-16
12
The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to Me
on the mountain and stay there. I will
give you the pieces of stone with the
Law which I have written for you to

15. WAITING FOR GOD
(4) To condition the human faculties for
the reception of that which is to
follow and to bring man into
complete submission.
Exodus 24:12, 15-16
...15
Then Moses went up on the
mountain, which was covered with a
cloud…

16. WAITING FOR GOD
(4) To condition the human faculties for
the reception of that which is to
follow and to bring man into
complete submission.
Exodus 24:12, 15-16
…16
The shining-greatness of the Lord
rested on Mount Sinai. And the cloud
covered it for six days. On the
seventh day He called to Moses from

17. WAITING FOR GOD
Note the rendering of
Psalm 37:7
in the following translations…

18. WAITING FOR GOD
Psalm 37:7
7
Rest in the Lord and be willing to wait
for Him. Do not trouble yourself when all
goes well with the one who carries out
his sinful plans.

19. WAITING FOR GOD
(1) Revised Version— “Be still before
(`silent to,' margin) Jehovah and
wait patiently for him”

20. WAITING FOR GOD
(2) Young— “Be silent for Jehovah and
stay thyself for him”

21. WAITING FOR GOD
(3) Hebrew— “Resign thyself unto the
Lord, and wait patiently for him”

22. WAITING FOR GOD
(4) Rotherham—"Be resigned to
Yahweh, yea wait with longing for
him"

23. WAITING FOR GOD
(5) Septuagint—"Submit thyself to the
Lord and supplicate him"

24. WAITING FOR GOD
(6) Moffat—"Leave it to the Eternal and
be patient"

25. WAITING FOR GOD
How is this rest obtained?

26. WAITING FOR GOD
(1) By not permitting ourselves to
become fretful and envious ("Heat
not thyself with vexation,"
Companion Bible)
Psalm 37:1?
Do not trouble yourself because of sinful
men. Do not want to be like those
who do wrong.

27. WAITING FOR GOD
(2) By confidence in the integrity and
character of God.
Isaiah 50:10
10
Who among you fears the Lord and
obeys the voice of His Servant, yet
walks in darkness and has no light?
Let him trust in the name of the Lord
and have faith in his God.

28. WAITING FOR GOD
(3) By seeking and finding in God our
greatest joy and deepest
satisfaction.
Psalm 37:4
4
Be happy in the Lord. And He will give
you the desires of your heart.

29. WAITING FOR GOD
(3) By seeking and finding in God our
greatest joy and deepest
satisfaction.
Psalm 87:7
7
Then those who sing and those who
play music will say, “All my wells of
joy are in you.”

30. WAITING FOR GOD
(4) By committing our ways to God, i.
e., turning our problems over to his
care. ("Roll thy way upon the
Lord.")
Psalm 37:5
5
Give your way over to the Lord. Trust in
Him also. And He will do it.

31. WAITING FOR GOD
(4) By committing our ways to God, i. e.,
turning our problems over to his care.
("Roll thy way upon the Lord.")
1 Peter 5:7
7
Give all your worries to Him because He
cares for you.

32. WAITING FOR GOD
B. THE MANNER OF WAITING
(1) Early, i.e., without procrastination
and before other interests.
Proverbs 8:17
17
I love those who love me, and those
who look for me with much desire
will find me.

33. WAITING FOR GOD
B. THE MANNER OF WAITING
(2) Daily, i.e., this waiting should be
systematic and not spasmodic.
Proverbs 8:34
34
Happy is the man who listens to me,
watching every day at my gates,
waiting beside my doors.

34. WAITING FOR GOD
B. THE MANNER OF WAITING
(3) Watchfully, i.e., alert to his response
but without strain.
Proverbs 8:34
34
Happy is the man who listens to me,
watching every day at my gates,
waiting beside my doors.

35. WAITING FOR GOD
B. THE MANNER OF WAITING
(4) Continually, i.e., it should be a mode
of life and not merely a temporary
expediency in time of need.
Hosea 12:6
6
So return to your God. Show kindness
and do what is fair, and wait for your
God all the time.

36. WAITING FOR GOD
B. THE MANNER OF WAITING
(5) Objectively, i.e., this waiting should
have a definite purpose with Him
being the principal objective.
Lamentations 3:25
25
The Lord is good to those who wait for
Him, to the one who looks for Him.

37. WAITING FOR GOD
B. THE MANNER OF WAITING
(6) Expectantly, i.e., with confident and
active expectation and not in a state
of mere pious wishing.
Psalm 62:1, 5
1
My soul is quiet and waits for God alone. He is
the One Who saves me.
5
My soul is quiet and waits for God alone. My
hope comes from Him.

38. WAITING FOR GOD
B. THE MANNER OF WAITING
(6) Expectantly, i.e., with confident and
active expectation and not in a state
of mere pious wishing.
Micah 7:7
7
But as for me, I will watch for the Lord. I
will wait for the God Who saves me.
My God will hear me.

39. WAITING FOR GOD
B. THE MANNER OF WAITING
(7) Patiently, i.e., calmly enduring the
seemingly fruitless expenditure of
time and effort in the realization
that to hurry God is to find fault with
him.
Psalm 40:1
1
I did not give up waiting for the Lord.

40. WAITING FOR GOD
B. THE MANNER OF WAITING
(8) Hopefully, i.e., with quiet and
unwavering confidence in the
ultimate response of God.
Lamentations 3:26
26
It is good that one should be quiet and
wait for the saving power of the
Lord.

41. WAITING FOR GOD
B. THE MANNER OF WAITING
(9) Lovingly, i.e., this waiting should not
be the waiting of a selfish beggar,
but the waiting of a yearning lover.
1 Corinthians 2:9
9
The Holy Writings say, “No eye has ever seen or
no ear has ever heard or no mind has ever
thought of the wonderful things God has
made ready for those who love Him.”

42. WAITING FOR GOD
B. THE MANNER OF WAITING
(10)Preferentially, i.e., desiring Him in
preference to anything else.
Proverbs 8:17
17
I love those who love me, and those
who look for me with much desire
will find me.