How to Wait
Waiting on God is a posture of faith, trust, and patience, where we surrender our will to His and wait for His grand divine unfolding.
Charles E. Cowman preaches on the importance of waiting on the Lord, emphasizing that waiting is a posture that requires patience and faith. He highlights the moments of perplexity when believers are unsure of what steps to take, encouraging them to wait in prayer, faith, and quiet patience, trusting in God's perfect timing and provision. Cowman reminds the congregation to surrender their will to God, expressing unwavering confidence that He will bring forth His divine plan in due time.
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"Blessed is he that waiteth" (Dan. 12:12).
It may seem an easy thing to wait, but it is one of the postures which a Christian soldier learns not without years of teaching. Marching and quick-marching are much easier to God's warriors than standing still.
There are hours of perplexity when the most willing spirit, anxiously desirous to serve the Lord, knows not what part to take. Then what shall it do? Vex itself by despair? Fly back in cowardice, turn to the right hand in fear, or rush forward in presumption?
No, but simply wait. Wait in prayer, however. Call upon God and spread the case before Him; tell Him your difficulty, and plead His promise of aid.
Wait in faith. Express your unstaggering confidence in Him. Believe that if He keep you tarrying even till midnight, yet He will come at the right time; the vision shall come, and shall not tarry.
Wait in quiet patience. Never murmur against the second cause, as the children of Israel did against Moses. Accept the case as it is, and put it as it stands, simply and with your whole heart, without any self-will, into the hand of your covenant God, saying, "Now, Lord, not my will, but Thine be done. I know not what to do; I am brought to extremities; but I will wait until Thou shalt cleave the floods, or drive back my foes. I will wait, if Thou keep me many a day, for my heart is fixed upon Thee alone, O God, and my spirit waiteth for Thee in full conviction that Thou wilt yet be my joy and my salvation, my refuge and my strong tower." --Morning by Morning
Wait patiently wait,
God never is late;
Thy budding plans are in Thy Father's holding,
And only wait His grand divine unfolding.
Then wait, wait,
Patiently wait.
Trust, hopefully trust,
That God will adjust
Thy tangled life; and from its dark concealings,
Will bring His will, in all its bright revealings.
Then trust, trust,
Hopefully trust.
Rest, peacefully rest
On thy Saviour's breast;
Breathe in His ear thy sacred high ambition,
And He will bring it forth in blest fruition.
Then rest, rest,
Peacefully rest! --Mercy A. Gladwin
Sermon Outline
- The Importance of Waiting
- How to Wait
- The Attitude of Waiting
- The Benefits of Waiting
- God never is late
- Budding plans are in God's holding
- God will adjust tangled life and bring His will
Key Quotes
“Wait patiently, God never is late; Thy budding plans are in Thy Father's holding, And only wait His grand divine unfolding.” — Charles E. Cowman
“Trust, hopefully trust, That God will adjust Thy tangled life; and from its dark concealings, Will bring His will, in all its bright revealings.” — Charles E. Cowman
“Rest, peacefully rest On thy Saviour's breast; Breathe in His ear thy sacred high ambition, And He will bring it forth in blest fruition.” — Charles E. Cowman
Application Points
- When faced with uncertainty, wait patiently on God and trust in His timing.
- Surrender your will to God and wait for His grand divine unfolding.
- Rest peacefully on your Saviour's breast and breathe in His ear your sacred high ambition.