July/26/ 2020
Waiting requires trust
Realization:
The TRAJECTORY of your life is dependent on your ability to TRUST
Proverbs 3:5-6 (NLT)
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. 6 Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.
Trusting is difficult
Not trusting is more difficult
Deuteronomy 2:24-25 (NLT)
...“Then the Lord said, ‘Now get moving! Cross the Arnon Gorge. Look, I will hand over to you Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and I will give you his land. Attack him and begin to occupy the land. 25 Beginning today I will make people throughout the earth terrified because of you. When they hear reports about you, they will tremble with dread and fear.’
Question to ask:
* Do I trust God completely?
July/19/ 2020
Realization: Waiting seasons don’t have to be wasted seasons
1. There’s WONDER in the WANDER
“God is more concerned with who you’re becoming than where you’re going.”
Ephesians 2:10 NLT
10 For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.
2. MONUMENTS over MEMORIES
Numbers 14:20-23 NLT
20 Then the Lord said, “I will forgive them as you have requested. 21 But as surely as I live, and as surely as the earth is filled with the Lord’s glory, 22 not one of these people will ever enter that land. They have all seen my glorious presence and the miraculous signs I performed both in Egypt and in the wilderness, but again and again they have tested me by refusing to listen to my voice. 23 They will never even see the land I swore to give their ancestors. None of those who have treated me with contempt will ever see it.
Memories fade — Monuments stand
“When you forget what God has done you’re less likely to see what God will do.”
Deuteronomy 4:9 NLT
9 But watch out! Be careful never to forget what you yourself have seen. Do not let these memories escape from your mind as long as you live! And be sure to pass them on to your children and grandchildren.
Deuteronomy 4:35 NLT
35 He showed you these things so you would know that the Lord is God and there is no other.
Questions to ask:
* What am I doing to constantly remember who God is?
* What monuments can I place in my life today to never forget what God has done for me?