The Six Requirements for Waiting on God – Dr. Charles Stanley

let's think about it for just a moment well what are the requirements for waiting upon God because there are requirements well the first one is this and that is I have to trust him if I'm gonna wait upon God I've gotta trust them because my waiting is saying I'm trusting you God that your timing is better than mine you know what I do not know your time is always right and so I'm gonna trust you and I'm gonna wait till you give me permission to go there I'll do this I have that ababa Ella it isn't that God's trended the promise of anything he only wants what is best for us so it takes faith and then what I mean by better simple this am I willing to trust God for his timing before I make a decision you say well how do you will you know God's timing he will show you what does he say ask and it should be given you seek and you should find nothing that she'll be open to you that is God is willing to show you the truth if you're willing to ask him now if you're living in sin disobedience to God you're probably not gonna hear him because you can't hear and because you don't think they wanna hear but I'm talking about people who really truly want to do the right thing you want what's best for you for your family decisions that you have to make it takes faith to wait upon God because trusting him doesn't mean I'm gonna get what I want when I wanted trusting him says I believe that when the timing is right God will provide what I'm asking him for so would you say that you have the faith to wait upon God when you come to a decision in your life a major decision it takes faith to wait because we think well if I don't get it now what I won't get it if I don't do it now it won't be done let me ask you a question is there anything too hard for God no can't God control any and every circumstance yeah if God tells you to wait do you think that something's gonna slip out from under God's care know if we'll stop and think the power of God the wisdom of God the love of God the knowledge of God we're not going to miss anything we ought to have but waiting upon God if God doesn't provide something that you've asked for and you are trusting him it's because you either don't need it because it's not good for you it's not the right timing it all boils down to this do I trust him or do or not a second thing that is required of us and that is simply patience in the 37th some listen this three times the 37th Psalm he says beginning in verse one do not fret 2nd times he says rest of the Lord wait patient for him do not fret third time do not fret three times in that Psalm he says don't pray that is don't allow yourself to be they get anxious about something when you can ask God about it now if I should ask you do you believe God loves you you would say yes what would you include in love wouldn't you include good advice good guidance provision help strength energy what when you include those things and God's guidance and love for you yes you would if you believe that God is who he says he is you can believe that God will show you the right time to do anything and everything the right time to make a purchase the right time to go yonder the right time to do this the right time to have this particular job God's timing is always perfect though I believe that he has our best interest at heart if I believe that I'm gonna wait but watch this somebody says I don't have any time to waste you never waste time waiting on God never you'll always find out that his timing is always the right time it takes faith it takes patience it takes courage and I love one of my favorite verses in the Bible is in this first chapter Joshua he says have I not commanded you be strong and courageous do not tremble or be dismayed for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go and so if I'm gonna trust him I've got to trust this time it takes courage let's say no the two offers for example I remember on one occasion somebody wanted to give me a very very valuable piece of property and build me a house at no cost in a wonderful place I thought it was a great idea I did and so we said about he he just said here's the architect and you know just design it just design it the way you want it and here's where we're gonna put it which was on a beautiful island and so naturally I thought well Lord you just blessing me and then when I got to pray in that's not what I got now I got real encouragement from the person who wanted to do it and encouragement by the architect naturally and so the Lord and I had to talk about it and I wanted to know well why not why not and the Lord reminded me that's not the right question the right question is if it's my will and this is not of me it's not my will it looks right it's free but it's not my will and so you must say no well then I had to deal with that Heather I'll tell my friend that I cannot accept something so valuable and beautiful and desirous and when I finally did naturally he did not understand I said the only thing I can tell you is this when God tells me not to do something I've made enough mistakes in life to know he means exactly what he says and I cannot require of God to tell me why sometimes he'll tell you why sometimes he won't it was probably about six months later that I realized why now did I covet it doll during that time no I didn't I knew very clearly that God was saying to me no this is not my will it looks like my will but it's not this is why listening to God is so very important and it's why it takes faith patience and courage to wait upon him till we know his will many things look like the will of God because oftentimes it looks like God's just being good to you in other words I couldn't think of any reason not to accept something that was so desirous but finally the Lord showed me I didn't have to understand why all I had to understand this what I was going to be obedient or not God's not watch this God's timing is perfect it's perfect it may appear to be late but it's perfect timing because God knows all of the avenues that affect us it takes faith it takes patience it takes courage it takes determination to obey God takes determination sometimes because of all of the things that other people think and what they say and maybe their influence in your life and all the rest it takes determination to wait why are you going to wait this this is a chance of a lifetime why you wait watch this carefully you say what do you keep saying watch this carefully because I want you to watch it carefully because it's so very important things may look exactly right but something deep down inside of you who is the Holy Spirit is cautioning you and watch this carefully if you don't obey the heating of the Holy Spirit he doesn't get louder and louder and louder he comes on loud to begin with but because of your disobedience you hear him less and less and less violently you don't you have to determine you have to determine to wait for God especially when you've got lots of pressure on you you have to determine the way to plan together everybody has an opinion about something so think about it it takes faith patience courage determination and then it takes strength know not moving until God says move not making a choice until God says make a choice it takes strength and so we go to the scripture and who is the source of our strength Almighty God Lord of this is not your will give me the strength to say no and Lord give me the desire of my heart for you and for obedience so strong I don't want to do anything that brings about disobedience in my life it takes strength to say no and especially if somebody is saying oh come on come on come on come on it's gonna be okay and let me tell you what's gonna be okay nobody can change the mind of God by telling you it's gonna be okay and this is why you have to be careful it's easy to listen to loud boys is rather than the quiet whisper of the Holy Spirit he's not gonna shout unless it's so very important that God is not gonna put up with it and the other rules with his sovereign care and comes down so strong no and God knows how to do that so let's go over them again it takes faith patience courage determination strength and then the last one it takes is endurance you just have to hang in there and listen to people tell you why you should listen to people tell you why you should not endure that is you endure their suggestions their influence their testimony or whatever it might be but you have to decide if you're gonna be obedient to God or not waiting upon the Lord is a lesson we learn and having heard this sermon I pray to Almighty God you do not walk out of here and forget what you've heard if you do you're going to get in trouble the world's full of trouble the world's full of offers people full of suggestions of how you ought to live your life and what you ought to know what you should not do there's only one ultimate supreme voice that you listen to and that's God if I'm going to wait upon him and listen to him it takes faith patience courage determination strength and endurance that means I'm willing to hang in there God with you no matter what until you show me what to do obey God leave all the consequences to him but a way to fund the Lord until you know that you have heard what he requires of you

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Length: 13min 6sec (786 seconds)

Published: Tue May 07 2019