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Wait Upon the Lord

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Announcements › Forums › Spirit – February 11th, 2018 › Wait Upon the Lord

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  • February 7, 2018 at 4:20 pm #5942
    spencel
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    “But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength;” Isa. 40

    This stood out to me this week as a continual reminder to put God first and slow down my thoughts. In our last classes we were instructed, “to be informed by the Holy Spirit;” to listen for “Divine instructions”, and “ask the Lord to teach you”

    (1828 Webster’s)
    WAIT:
    1. To stay or rest in expectation and patience; to stop or remain stationary in expectation , …not to depart…To look watchfully…To be ready to serve; to obey…To attend; to accompany with respect.

    Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
    “But they that wait upon the Lord,…such an act supposes reverence of God, confidence in him, attendance on him, not with the body only, in public and private, but with the soul also, and with some degree of constancy, and with patience and quietness:… his presence is worth waiting for…to assist them in the performance of duty, to enable them to resist Satan and his temptations, and the corruptions of nature, and to cause them to endure afflictions and persecutions patiently, and to persevere unto the end:”

    Matthew Henry Commentary
    “If we go forth in our own strength, we shall faint, and utterly fall;”

    “Know ye not that he who exercises the largest charity, and waits on God, renews his strength, and is exalted? Love is not puffed up; and the meek and loving, God anoints and appoints to lead the line of mankind’s triumphal march out of the wilderness, out of darkness into light.” Mary Baker Eddy Misc. 130

    February 8, 2018 at 9:18 am #5947
    Florence
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    Thank you! Wait upon the LORD. This stood out again this week with a deeper sense of living closely with God, listening for His voice, trusting His loving care and following when His direction comes. It is a wonderful feeling when I put this in practice and feel that I am doing God’s will.It is not a passive waiting or waiting for God to come from somewhere but it is feeling “the strength of Spirit”and gaining the revealing of ever-present spiritual perfection. God’s work is already done! “Are we really grateful for the good already received? Then we shall avail ourselves of the blessings we have, and thus’ be fitted to receive more.” SH p.3

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