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THE PLACE OF GOD IN OUR LIVES
I. GOD DESIRES FOR US TO ______UPON HIM (Isa 40:31)
31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they
shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary;
and they shall walk, and not faint. KJV
II. THE WORD ‘WAIT’ MEANS ______________.
qavah (kaw-vaw'); a primitive root; to bind together (perhaps by
twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect: (Biblesoft's New Exhaustive
Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright
(c) 1994, Biblesoft and International Bible Translators, Inc.)
This word doesn’t mean to ‘stand idly’ and ‘wait’. Rather, it is a word of cooperation for
strength!
III. WAITING ON GOD MEANS TO ‘BIND TOGETHER WITH
EXPECTATION’. WITH WHOM DO WE BIND ?________
ISA. 40: 31........ But they that wait upon the LORD
IV. ESPECIALLY IN TIMES OF ILLNESS, SERVE GOD BY WAITING
UPON HIM. YOU WILL FIND STRENGTH RENEWED AND
PROVIDE TO MANY OTHERS A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF
GODLINESS. IN FACT, YOUR EXAMPLE MAY BE THE ONLY ONE
WHICH THESE BUSY HEALTHCARE GIVERS AND OTHER
FAMILY MEMBERS SEE ! WAIT.