Waiting has a number of meanings.
We can wait tables, serving and removing dishes, and generally making the diners’ experience a good one.
Our wait can be a period of time we must endure before something happens.
Not being able to wait indicates an impatience for some anticipated event to occur.
The meaning we want today is to delay any action until something else happens.
Our scripture reference is Luke 2:25:
“And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was upon him.”
The Spirit had revealed to Simeon that he wouldn’t die until he had seen the Lord’s Christ. In the next few verses, we read where Jesus was brought to the temple and blessed by Simeon, fulfilling the prophetic revelation he’d received.
So, now we face the meat of this teaching. What has God revealed unto us that we feel he hasn’t come through on? What promise do we have trouble grasping because it hasn’t come to pass yet? What chaffs us because we can’t seem to convince God to do it now?
We must consider Simeon. He had received a promise from God, and it seemed it wouldn’t come to pass. And then it did, just as God had promised. What can we learn from Simeon?
Lesson No. 1: We must be just and devout.
We must treat our fellow man with fairness, and we must consider God’s will in everything we do. We can ask it like this: What would Jesus do in our circumstance? Then, do that.
Lesson No. 2: We must delay our impatience until our answer is received.
We can’t afford to move forward without God. If we say, “Okay, God. If you won’t get on the ball, I’ll get this done on my own.” That’s a recipe for disaster.
Lesson No. 3: The Holy Spirit must be infused into every choice we make.
God’s promises are easy to confuse with our own desires. If we initiate a path of action, that’s on our shoulders, even if we ask God for his help. When God promises something, he is bound by his Word to bring it to completion. The Holy Spirit is who helps us see which is which.
We must wait upon the Lord for his promises to be fulfilled. He will come though, if we are just and devout, let God answer in his own time, and allow the Holy Spirit to take control of our desires for the future.
God has perfect timing, and in him, our future is always assured.
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