WAIT

WAIT

 Have you not known? Have you not heard? 

The everlasting God, the Lord,

 The Creator of the ends of the earth,

 Neither faints nor is weary. 

His understanding is unsearchable.

He gives power to the weak, 

And to those who have no might He increases strength. 

Even the youths shall faint and be weary, 

And the young men shall utterly fall, 

But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; 

They shall mount up with wings like eagles, 

They shall run and not be weary, 

They shall walk and not faint. 

Isaiah 40:28-31 

 Wait on the Lord; 

Be of good courage, 

And He shall strengthen your heart; 

Wait, I say, on the Lord! 

Psalm 27:14 

 Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be gracious to you; 
And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. 
For the Lord is a God of justice; 
Blessed are all those who wait for Him.
Isaiah 30:18

Waiting is not always easy but it is an essential part of life on earth.

Waiting is Anticipating Appearance of something or someone 

or Increase of something, giving Time.

Waiting always involves time.

Whether it is charging a mobile phone, filling petrol in a vehicle or boiling water, we need to wait!

At bus stops, train stations, check-in, check-out counters, we wait.

While on a journey, kids become restless and often ask the parents "Are we there yet?"

After sowing a seed, after conception, after depositing money in the bank, we wait for growth.

The length of our wait or our endurance as we wait will depend much on what we do while we wait. There is an advertisement that says,' While you wait, have a Coke!'

Waiting on the LORD and waiting upon the LORD is the secret of the anticipated end in our spiritual journey. This means we seek the LORD by focussing on His word, praying and obeying the word and the promptings of His Spirit. We wait in faith to see GOD act.

Although it is on us to wait, it is for our sakes that the LORD waits for the right time to act.

It is not He Who has to change, but we who need to change.

As we wait, yielded to Him, only He knows when the time is right;

When our hearts are filled with His love;

When we are filled with His Spirit;

When our minds are overtaken by the Holy Spirit;

When we are able to see in the Spirit;

When we are able to hear Him;

When we are able to promptly obey Him;

When our hearts are perfect towards Him.

Like charging the mobile phone or filling the petrol tank, after the connection is made, we have to wait.

We receive what we are connected to - whether petrol or electric charge.

When we are connected to the LORD we receive of His nature -

His strength, His power, His might, His love, His grace, His patience - 

We become like Him.

So we can be effective witnesses for Him.

There is no shortcut!

No time to charge your mobile phone means no charge on your phone!!

Let us make time and take time to get charged spiritually.

There is no shortcut!

Words of the enemy

The words of the enemy are arrogant, oppressive,
deceptive causing guilt, shame and confusion.

They make us doubt GOD’S word.

They cause fear.

They deceive.

They bring us under the control of worldly systems.

They bring us into bondage and oppression.

The enemy speaks to us through people,
through the systems of the world -
financial, business, commercial, health,
legal, authorities, media, entertainment

Now the serpent was more cunning
than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made.

And he said to the woman,
"Has God indeed said,
'You shall not eat of every tree of the garden'?"

And the woman said to the serpent,
"We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden;

but of the fruit of the tree
which is in the midst of the garden,
God has said,

'You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.' "

Then the serpent said to the woman,
"You will not surely die.

For God knows that in the day you eat of it
your eyes will be opened,

and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."

Genesis 3:1-5

Then the Rabshakeh said to them, "Say now to Hezekiah,

'Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria:

"What confidence is this in which you trust?

I say you speak of having plans and power for war;

but they are mere words.
Now in whom do you trust, that you rebel against me?

Now therefore, I urge you,
give a pledge to my master the king of Assyria,

and I will give you two thousand horses-
-if you are able on your part to put riders on them!

Isaiah 36:4-5,8

Then he stood and cried out to the armies of Israel,
and said to them,

"Why have you come out to line up for battle?

Am I not a Philistine, and you the servants of Saul?

Choose a man for yourselves,
and let him come down to me.

If he is able to fight with me and kill me,
then we will be your servants.

But if I prevail against him and kill him,
then you shall be our servants and serve us."

And the Philistine said, "I defy the armies of Israel this day;

give me a man, that we may fight together."

1 Samuel 17:8-10

Afterward Moses and Aaron went in and told Pharaoh,

"Thus says the Lord God of Israel:

'Let My people go,
that they may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness.' "

And Pharaoh said,
"Who is the Lord, that I should obey His voice to let Israel go?

I do not know the Lord, nor will I let Israel go."

So they said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us.

Please, let us go three days' journey into the desert

and sacrifice to the Lord our God,
lest He fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword."

Then the king of Egypt said to them,

"Moses and Aaron,
why do you take the people from their work?
Get back to your labor."

And Pharaoh said,
"Look, the people of the land are many now,

and you make them rest from their labor!"

So the same day Pharaoh commanded
the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying,

"You shall no longer give the people
straw to make brick as before.

Let them go and gather straw for themselves.

And you shall lay on them the quota of bricks
which they made before.

You shall not reduce it. For they are idle;

therefore they cry out, saying,
'Let us go and sacrifice to our God.'

Let more work be laid on the men,
that they may labor in it, and let them not regard false words."

Exodus 5:1-9

And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done,

also how he had executed all the prophets with the sword.

Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying,

"So let the gods do to me, and more also,

if I do not make your life as the life of one of them
by tomorrow about this time."

1 Kings 19:1-2

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness
to be tempted by the devil.

And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights,
afterward He was hungry.

Now when the tempter came to Him, he said,

"If You are the Son of God,
command that these stones become bread."

Matthew 4:1-3

Then the devil took Him up into the holy city,

set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him,

"If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down.

For it is written:
'He shall give His angels charge over you,' and,

'In their hands they shall bear you up,
Lest you dash your foot against a stone.' "

Matthew 4:5-6

Again, the devil took Him up
on an exceedingly high mountain,

and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world
and their glory.

And he said to Him,
"All these things I will give You
if You will fall down and worship me."

Matthew 4:8-9

Where are you going?

Where are you going?

When you set out for a place the direction to which you don't know, the GPS will guide you -

But you have to decide where to go. The GPS will not make that decision for you.

GOD has given us the freewill to decide where we want to go in life.

Let us search our hearts and make a clear decision where we want to head - 

What our goal in life is, where we want to finish this life and start eternity.

Just as we would make known to the GPS the specific 'destination' it requires, so it could lead us - 

Let us make known to the LORD our heart's desire of the destination.

Then we can be sure our built-in GPS, the Gentle Promptings of the Spirit will lead and guide us.

Let us then be diligent to listen and obey!

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; 

I will guide you with My eye. 

Do not be like the horse or like the mule, Which have no understanding, 

Which must be harnessed with bit and bridle, 

Else they will not come near you.
Psalm 32:8-9 

And though the Lord gives you The bread of adversity and the water of affliction,

 Yet your teachers will not be moved into a corner anymore, 

But your eyes shall see your teachers. 

Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, "This is the way, walk in it," 

Whenever you turn to the right hand Or whenever you turn to the left.
Isaiah 30:20-21 

Make sure your destination is keyed in and your GPS is on today!!

I am lovingly walking with you in this wilderness journey..

But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

 But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
Matthew 24:37 

•  The end time wickedness

Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth,

 and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 

And the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, 

and He was grieved in His heart. 

Genesis 6:5-6 

 Many shall be purified, made white, and refined,

 but the wicked shall do wickedly;
and none of the wicked shall understand, 
but the wise shall understand. 
Daniel 12:10 

The LORD sees the wickedness of man that is great in the earth and is grieved in His heart. 

 knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days,

 walking according to their own lusts, and saying,

 "Where is the promise of His coming?

For since the fathers fell asleep, 

all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.

" For this they willfully forget: 

that by the word of God the heavens were of old,

 and the earth standing out of water and in the water,

by which the world that then existed perished, 

being flooded with water.

But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, 

are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 

2 Peter 3:3-7 

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• The End has come

And God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before Me, 

for the earth is filled with violence through them; 

and behold, I will destroy them with the earth. 

Genesis 6:13 

In schools end-of-term or end-of-year examinations are held to determine who is fit to progress to the higher class and who is not. It is a point of separation.

The end of the current season is near and there is going to be a new season.

The next season in GOD'S agenda, a season of separation.
It is the LORD Who determines who is chosen and who is not.
Some are picked to be close to Him and the others are cast out.

Children who desire to progress higher, prepare diligently for the exam.
If we desire to be closer to the LORD JESUS in the next season, we need to prepare ourselves diligently.

But the end of all things is at hand; 

therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers. 

1 Peter 4:7 

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• The Flood

 And behold, I Myself am bringing floodwaters on the earth, 

to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; 

everything that is on the earth shall die. 

Genesis 6:17

The pangs of death surrounded me, 
And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
Psalm 18:4 

So shall they fear The name of the Lord from the west, 
And His glory from the rising of the sun;
 When the enemy comes in like a flood,
 The Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him. 
Isaiah 59:19

The sea of worldliness will cover the earth like a flood. This is caused by the evil one.

 So the serpent spewed water

 out of his mouth like a flood after the woman,

 that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood. 

But the earth helped the woman,

 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the flood

 which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. 
Revelation 12:15-16 

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• In the World; Not of the World.

 Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, 

and I come to You. Holy Father, 

keep through Your name those whom You have given Me,

 that they may be one as We are.
John 17:11 

They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 
John 17:16

In this world we are surrounded by the water of worldliness.
If we allow this water to enter into us by allowing the systems of the world to influence us, we will drown and die spiritually.

Unlike the fish which live comfortably in the water, people who swim need to frequently bring their head above the water to breathe air, to keep alive.
Similarly we have to be constantly breathing the Holy Spirit through prayer to keep ourselves  spiritually alive  in the world.

 pray without ceasing, 
1 Thessalonians 5:17

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• The Fire

 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night,

 in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise,

 and the elements will melt with fervent heat; 

both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.

Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved,

 what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, 

looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, 

because of which the heavens will be dissolved,being on fire,

 and the elements will melt with fervent heat? 

Nevertheless we, according to His promise,

look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, 

be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless; 
2 Peter 3:10-14

The test all of us have to face is the test of our faith.

But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob, 

And He who formed you, O Israel:

 "Fear not, for I have redeemed you; 

I have called you by your name; You are Mine. 

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; 

And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. 

When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned,

 Nor shall the flame scorch you. 

For I am the Lord your God, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior; 

I gave Egypt for your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place. 
Isaiah 43:1-3 

that the genuineness of your faith, 
being much more precious than gold that perishes, 
though it is tested by fire, 
may be found to praise, honor, and glory 
at the revelation of Jesus Christ, 
whom having not seen you love. 
Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, 
you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,
receiving the end of your faith--the salvation of your souls. 
1 Peter 1:7-9 

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• Period of Grace

But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. 
Genesis 6:8 

 Then the Lord said to Noah, "Come into the ark,

 you and all your household, 
because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation.
You shall take with you seven each of every clean animal, 
a male and his female; 
two each of animals that are unclean, a male and his female; 
also seven each of birds of the air, male and female,
to keep the species alive on the face of all the earth.
For after seven more days I will cause it to rain on the earth
forty days and forty nights,
and I will destroy from the face of the eart
 all living things that I have made.
And Noah did according to all that the Lord commanded him. 
Genesis 7:1-5 

 And it came to pass after seven days
that the waters of the flood were on the earth. 
Genesis 7:10 

This is now the period of grace.
Because of the grace of GOD we have been given extra time to prepare for the time of separation.

 But, beloved, do not forget this one thing,

 that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, 

and a thousand years as one day. 

The Lord is not slack concerning His promise,

 as some count slackness, 

but is longsuffering toward us, 

not willing that any should perish 

but that all should come to repentance. 
2 Peter 3:8-9 

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• Watch and Pray

 Watch therefore, 

for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. 
Matthew 24:42 

We need to be watching the current situations relating to Bible prophecies and be praying and interceding for grace as we have found grace in GOD'S eyes.

 But the end of all things is at hand;

 therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers.

And above all things

 have fervent love for one another,

 for "love will cover a multitude of sins."
1 Peter 4:7-8

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• The Ark

 "Make yourself an ark of gopherwood; 

make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch. 

And this is how you shall make it: 

The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, 

its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.

 You shall make a window for the ark, 

and you shall finish it to a cubit from above; 

and set the door of the ark in its side. 
You shall make it with lower, second, and third decks.
Genesis 6:14-16 

We need to make the ark in obedience to the LORD.
JESUS is the Ark!

But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear,

 and immediately blood and water came out. 

John 19:34

 Then the ark rested in the seventh month, 

the seventeenth day of the month, 

on the mountains of Ararat. 
Genesis 8:4 

 For he who has entered His rest 
has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His. 
Hebrews 4:10

 "Make yourself an ark of gopherwood; 

make rooms in the ark, 
and cover it inside and outside with pitch. 
Genesis 6:14 

Pitch made the ark waterproof. 
JESUS covering us in and out will make us 'waterproof' while we are in the water of worldliness.

I am the vine, you are the branches.
He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit;
 for without Me you can do nothing. 
John 15:5

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• Drown in the Flood

 The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, 

and the mountains were covered. 

And all flesh died that moved on the earth: 

birds and cattle and beasts 

and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, 

and every man. 

All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life,

 all that was on the dry land, died.

So He destroyed all living things which were on the face of the ground:

 both man and cattle, creeping thing and bird of the air. 

They were destroyed from the earth. 

Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark remained alive. 

And the waters prevailed on the earth one hundred and fifty days.
Genesis 7:20-24 

Now godliness with contentment is great gain. 
For we brought nothing into this world, 
and it is certain we can carry nothing out. 
And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content. 
But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, 
and into many foolish and harmful lusts 
which drown men in destruction and perdition. 
1 Timothy 6:6-9

For whatever is born of God overcomes the world.
And this is the victory that has overcome the world--our faith.
Who is he who overcomes the world, 
but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? 
1 John 5:4-5

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• Overcome the Flood

 Now the flood was on the earth forty days. 

The waters increased and lifted up the ark,

 and it rose high above the earth.

The waters prevailed and greatly increased on the earth, 

and the ark moved about on the surface of the waters. 
Genesis 7:17-18

These things I have spoken to you, 

that in Me you may have peace.

 In the world you will have tribulation; 

but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." 

John 16:33 

"Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them,
 I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: 
and the rain descended, the floods came, 
and the winds blew and beat on that house;

and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.
But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine,
 and does not do them, 
will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: 
and the rain descended, the floods came, 
and the winds blew and beat on that house; 
and it fell. And great was its fall." 
Matthew 7:24-27 

For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, 

but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, 

to be reserved for judgment; 
and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, 
one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, 
bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly;

then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations
 and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment, 
2 Peter 2:4-5, 9

There is therefore now no condemnation 
to those who are in Christ Jesus, 
who do not walk according to the flesh, 
but according to the Spirit. 
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus 
has made me free from the law of sin and death.   
Romans 8:1-2 

For to be carnally minded is death,
 but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; 
for it is not subject to the law of God, 
nor indeed can be. 
So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God. 
But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit,
 if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you.
Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His. 
And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, 
but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, 
He who raised Christ from the dead 
will also give life to your mortal bodies 
through His Spirit who dwells in you. 
Romans 8:6-11 

But those who wait on the Lord 

Shall renew their strength; 

They shall mount up with wings like eagles, 

They shall run and not be weary,

 They shall walk and not faint. 

Isaiah 40:31 

But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, 

concerning those who have fallen asleep,

 lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. 

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, 

even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. 

For this we say to you by the word of the Lord,

 that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord 

will by no means precede those who are asleep. 

For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, 

with the voice of an archangel, 

and with the trumpet of God. 

And the dead in Christ will rise first. 

Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together 

with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. 

And thus we shall always be with the Lord. 

1 Thessalonians 4:13-17 

 "Let not your heart be troubled; 

you believe in God, believe also in Me. 

In My Father's house are many mansions;

if it were not so, I would have told you.

 I go to prepare a place for you. 

And if I go and prepare a place for you,

 I will come again and receive you to Myself; 

that where I am, there you may be also. 
John 14:1-3 

And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, 
and showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, 
descending out of heaven from God, 
Revelation 21:10 

He who testifies to these things says,

 "Surely I am coming quickly." 
Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus! 
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.   
Revelation 22:20-21 

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