Wait on the Lord
Waiting on the Lord means coming into contact with Him and letting His life and power enter into us, blessing us in the process.
Mary Wilder Tileston, inspired by John G. Whittier and Andrew Murray, preaches about the importance and blessedness of waiting on the Lord. She emphasizes that God, being full of goodness, power, and joy, blesses us when we come into His presence, filling us with His life and power. Tileston encourages believers to wait in God's presence, allowing His love to warm and transform them, just as the sun's rays work on a feeble invalid, bringing light and healing.
Text
Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart; wait, I say, on the Lord.
PSALMS 27:14
WITH smile of trust and folded hands,
The passive soul in waiting stands
To feel, as flowers in the sun and dew,
The One true Life its own renew.
JOHN G. WHITTIER
THE whole duty and blessedness of waiting on God has its root in this, that He is such a blessed Being, full, to overflowing, of goodness and power and life and joy, that we, however wretched, cannot for any time come into contact with Him, without that life and power secretly, silently, beginning to enter into us and blessing us. God is Love! God's love is just His delight to impart Himself and His blessedness to His children. Come, and however feeble you feel, just wait in His presence. As a feeble invalid is brought out into the sunshine to let its warmth go through him, come with all that is dark and cold in you into the sunshine of God's holy, omnipotent love, and sit and wait there, with the one thought: Here I am, in the sunshine of His love. As the sun does its work in the weak one who seeks its rays, God will do His work in you.
ANDREW MURRAY
Sermon Outline
- The Importance of Waiting on the Lord
- The Nature of God's Love
- The Invitation to Wait on God
- Come and wait in His presence
- Sit in the sunshine of His love and let Him work in you
Key Quotes
“God is Love! God's love is just His delight to impart Himself and His blessedness to His children.” — Mary Wilder Tileston
“As the sun does its work in the weak one who seeks its rays, God will do His work in you.” — Mary Wilder Tileston
Application Points
- Take time to come into God's presence and wait on Him, trusting in His goodness and power.
- Let God's love and life enter into you, bringing joy and blessing into your life.
- Sit in the sunshine of God's love and let Him work in you, bringing healing and restoration.