Habakkuk 2:3 CSB – For the vision is yet for the appointed time; it testifies about the end and will not lie.

Waiting Patiently Means Learning to Persevere

“When you’re going through hell, keep going!” – Winston Churchill

Nothing tests our will more than waiting.<

Zechariah 4:6 CSB – This is the word of the LORD: ‘Not by strength or by might, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD of Armies.

Psalm 33:20 CSB – We wait for the Lord; He is our help and shield.

Psalm 130:5-6 CSB – I wait for the Lord; I wait
and put my hope in his word.

6 I wait for the Lord

Psalm 37:7 CSB – “Be silent before the Lord and wait expectantly for him;
God has A Greater Dream For You. 
Stage 1: Dream!
Stage 2: Delay.
Stage 3: Disappointment.  Discouragement.
Stage 4: Despair.  Depression.Waiting Patiently Means: Keep Trusting God

This is the Lesson of Waiting Patiently. In your seasons of Delay, Discouragement, and Doubt… Don’t Quit! Persevere!

Psalm 37:7 CSB – Be silent before the Lord and wait expectantly for him;

 

Habakkuk 2:20 CSB – The Lord is in His Holy Temple. Let the whole earth be silent before Him!

But, how does waiting bring God’s greater dream?

Wait Faithfully – Practice Simple Obedience

Habakkuk 2:4 CSB – But the righteous one will live by his faith.

Don’t Be Impressed by Babylon.

Habakkuk 2:4-5 CSB – 

Look, his ego is inflated;
he is without integrity.
But the righteous one will live by his faith.
5 Moreover, wine betrays;
an arrogant man is never at rest.
He enlarges his appetite like Sheol,
and like Death he is never satisfied.
He gathers all the nations to himself;
he collects all the peoples for himself.

Seven “Woes” against Babylon

  • Woe to the Proud 2:4-5
  • Woe to the Greedy 2:6-8
  • Woe to the Dishonest 2:9-11
  • Woe to the Violent 2:12-14
  • Woe to the Sensual 2:15-17
  • Woe to the Idolater 2:18-20

Galatians 6:7-8 CSB – Don’t be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a person sows he will also reap, 8 because the one who sows to his flesh will reap destruction from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit

1 John 2:15-17 CSB – Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride in one’s possessions—is not from the Father, but is from the world. 17 And the world with its lust is passing away, but the one who does the will of God remains forever.

Wait Faithfully Means Wait Expectantly! LIVE As Though God Has Already Won

Hebrews 11:1 CSB – Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Mark 11:24 CSB – Therefore I tell you, everything you pray and ask for—believe that you have received it and it will be yours.

Wait Faithfully Means: Keep Serving Faithfully

The Bottom Line: Waiting Faithfully is Not Passivity

Wait faithfully means: obey God, now.

Habakkuk 2:20 CSB – But the Lord is in his holy temple;
let the whole earth
be silent in his presence.

Galatians 6:9 CSB – Let us not get tired of doing good, for we will reap at the proper time if we don’t give up.