1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:05,920 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 3 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 2: If you enjoyed today's message, why don't you be a 4 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:09,600 Speaker 2: blessing and share it with. 5 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:12,920 Speaker 1: A friend, reappreciate you and pray for God's very best. 6 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 1: In your line, oh we love you went on? 7 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 2: Are you in this place? Samen? I think about when 8 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 2: my daughter sent out her applications for college. She was 9 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 2: going to go to a university, and so it was 10 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 2: the end of her senior year she began to send 11 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 2: out applications to see where she would go to school. 12 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:35,080 Speaker 2: I remember they said it was going to take a 13 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:38,320 Speaker 2: few months to get those applications back and see what 14 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:41,919 Speaker 2: school she was accepted in. But you know, those months 15 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:45,479 Speaker 2: just seemed to take even longer. It seemed like it 16 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 2: was taking forever to get a response back from the school, 17 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:53,559 Speaker 2: and she was anticipating what school she would go to. 18 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 2: All of her friends were going through the same process. 19 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:00,640 Speaker 2: They were waiting for their answers, and it's kind of 20 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 2: funny because as they were waiting, it was as if 21 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:07,120 Speaker 2: they had more questions in their heart and mind. They 22 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:09,480 Speaker 2: were like, well, what if I get accepted to this school, 23 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:12,759 Speaker 2: who will I live with? Well, if I get accepted 24 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 2: to that school, where will I live? You see, they 25 00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:21,040 Speaker 2: were anticipating all this and it was just formulating more 26 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 2: doubt and more questions in their mind about this situation. 27 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 2: You see, they were waiting and it was making them weary. 28 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:34,840 Speaker 2: Have you ever waited and been frustrated? Kind of like 29 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 2: my daughter. She couldn't make plans until she got this answer. 30 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:42,040 Speaker 2: You see, it happens to all of us. We all 31 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 2: go through this waiting process. It's no fun. It can 32 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 2: be difficult, it can be challenging, and it can be hard. 33 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 2: But can I tell you God is not making us 34 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 2: wait to make it hard on us. He's causing us 35 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 2: to develop up in our character and in our strength. 36 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 2: You see, we all have patience we need to acquire. 37 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 2: Patience is a strength. Patience is what brings forth God's promises. 38 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 2: The Word says it's through patient endurance that we bring 39 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 2: forth the promises of God. You see, my daughter was 40 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 2: accepted to a college. She was really happy about it, 41 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:30,639 Speaker 2: but then she started waiting to see what charrity she 42 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:33,799 Speaker 2: would get in. She was waiting to see what kind 43 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 2: of friends she would meet. She's going to be waiting 44 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 2: to graduate. She'll be waiting to see what job she gets, 45 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 2: who she marries, waiting to have a baby. You see, 46 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 2: life is a process of waiting. She's eighteen years old, 47 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 2: She's got a lot of waiting to do. So the 48 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 2: earlier that we learn this process, the happier we're going 49 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:03,240 Speaker 2: to be. See. I wonder sometimes if those girls even 50 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 2: enjoyed the last semester of high school because they were 51 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:11,359 Speaker 2: so concerned, worried, and frustrated about what was going to 52 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 2: happen in the future. You know, it's interesting. God always 53 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:18,240 Speaker 2: puts us at the right place, even if it's not 54 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:22,160 Speaker 2: the place we think we should be. God always works 55 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:24,960 Speaker 2: it out for us. You See, we're gonna be waiting 56 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 2: most of the time, so we need to learn to 57 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 2: wait well. Isaiah forty thirty one says, wait on the Lord, 58 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:37,120 Speaker 2: and he will renew your strength. See, we're never gonna 59 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 2: wait well unless we wait in the strength of God. 60 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 2: Sometimes we make the mistake of thinking waiting is passive. 61 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 2: We're standing in the corner with our hands folded, just 62 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 2: waiting for the right thing to happen, waiting for us 63 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 2: to get this great break, waiting for our career to start. 64 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 2: But see, God doesn't think that we should sit around 65 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 2: and wait. We should be actively waiting. We should be 66 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 2: pursuing God, not just waiting to see what happens, but 67 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 2: preparing ourselves in the wait. You know, I've heard it 68 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 2: said like this that patience is a muscle that can 69 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 2: only be developed in the weight. You see, we've got 70 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 2: to wait well to develop patience. We all want patience, 71 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:36,000 Speaker 2: we all want to be strengthened. The writer of James 72 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 2: says it like this. See the farmer how he waits 73 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:42,920 Speaker 2: patiently for his crops to come up. Then it goes 74 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 2: on to tell us how he waits. It says he 75 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 2: waits with cheerful endurance, with expectation. He's waiting looking for 76 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:58,720 Speaker 2: the signs the rain. He's out there watching his soil, 77 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 2: believing it's rich. You see, he doesn't go out there 78 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:05,799 Speaker 2: and say, I know, I plan and see in the ground, 79 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:08,479 Speaker 2: I wonder if it's still there. Have you ever thought like, 80 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:10,679 Speaker 2: let me dig it up and make sure it's still 81 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 2: down there. I don't see anything happening yet, you see, 82 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:18,240 Speaker 2: that's easy. We all feel like that. But he stayed 83 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 2: excited about his crop even when he didn't see anything happening, 84 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 2: because he knew it was just a matter of time 85 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:28,039 Speaker 2: that the earth would bring forth his harvest if he 86 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 2: kept his endurance and his strength and his patience. See, 87 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:35,479 Speaker 2: we should all wait with that attitude, shouldn't we We 88 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:39,599 Speaker 2: would enjoy life more. You know, we don't need to 89 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:43,560 Speaker 2: feel the struggle when we wait. We need to develop 90 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 2: our patients, knowing that at the right time, God is 91 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:49,479 Speaker 2: going to get us to where we need to be. 92 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:52,800 Speaker 2: We need to start enjoying our life right now, not 93 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 2: looking so far into the future that we forget what's 94 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:59,240 Speaker 2: happening right now. I was in the elevator with my 95 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 2: daughter not long ago, and we were going up to 96 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:04,479 Speaker 2: like the twenty fifth floor in this high rise building, 97 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:09,040 Speaker 2: and the elevator stopped, doors opened, and a man walks in, 98 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 2: and we're just standing there and he looks at me, 99 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 2: and I smiled at him, and he looks at me, 100 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:19,760 Speaker 2: and I said, Hi. He was gonna say something to me, 101 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:22,599 Speaker 2: and he stopped for a second and I could see 102 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:26,480 Speaker 2: him thinking, and he said, I can't believe you're standing 103 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:29,239 Speaker 2: in this elevator. I can't believe I'm seeing you right now, 104 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 2: he said. I was talking to a friend of mine 105 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:34,440 Speaker 2: the other day, and he said, I was talking about 106 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:37,920 Speaker 2: how I've been waiting for something for a long time 107 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:41,160 Speaker 2: and I need God to help me. I need him 108 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 2: to increase my patience so I can bring forth what 109 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:47,240 Speaker 2: I feel like he's called me to do. And he said, 110 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 2: you know, I love the ministry. I get encouragement from 111 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:53,159 Speaker 2: the ministry. And he said, because I see you today, 112 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:56,039 Speaker 2: he said, I believe it's a sign that God is 113 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 2: telling me it's gonna happen. Hang on, don't give up. 114 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:05,600 Speaker 2: It's just a matter of time. You know what that 115 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 2: man was doing, he was doing the same thing that 116 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 2: the farmer does. He was looking for a sign. He 117 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 2: was looking for the rain. He was saying, I need 118 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 2: this cheerful, hopeful endurance. God, give me a sign, give 119 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:23,120 Speaker 2: me the next thing, to give me to my next place, 120 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:27,560 Speaker 2: strengthen me. I'm waiting on you so that you'll renew 121 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 2: my strain. You see, when we're strong, we can endure. 122 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:35,200 Speaker 2: God says, I want you to run and not get weary. 123 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:38,920 Speaker 2: I don't want you to faint. I want you to 124 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 2: be strong with this virtue called patience. See, we don't 125 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:47,440 Speaker 2: need to birth anything before it's time. We've got to 126 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:50,520 Speaker 2: be ready for what God has in store for us. 127 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 2: And if we're gonna bring forth the promises of God, 128 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 2: we're gonna have to develop patience. Patience isn't a bad thing. 129 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:03,440 Speaker 2: Patience is it's a good thing. Jesus told five hundred 130 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:08,200 Speaker 2: disciples wait here in Jerusalem because the Holy Spirit is 131 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:11,400 Speaker 2: going to come upon you. He said, don't leave, wait 132 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 2: right here. Do you know that only one hundred and 133 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:19,720 Speaker 2: fifty disciples out of the five hundred didn't get impatient 134 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 2: and leave. The rest left. It was only one hundred 135 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:27,360 Speaker 2: and twenty out of the five hundred that's stuck around. 136 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:32,800 Speaker 2: You See, sometimes I think when it takes a long time, 137 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:37,320 Speaker 2: we get bored, we lose our enthusiasm, we forget what 138 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:41,880 Speaker 2: we're waiting for, we quit expecting. You see, that day, 139 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 2: the ones who stayed got renewed, recharged and re energated, 140 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 2: energized by the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit came in 141 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:57,160 Speaker 2: and suddenly did exactly what Jesus said. The Holy Spirit 142 00:08:57,240 --> 00:09:02,240 Speaker 2: was going to do Habaka. The prophet said, God, I 143 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:05,040 Speaker 2: have this vision. You told me to write it down, 144 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 2: you told me to hold it close, but it's taken 145 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:10,960 Speaker 2: a long time. Hey, God, you know, God said to him. 146 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:16,080 Speaker 2: He said, though it terry, wait for it? Well, God 147 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:21,440 Speaker 2: tell me when. Wait for it? Man? Sometimes, you know, 148 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 2: have you ever thought of that word waiting? 149 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:23,400 Speaker 3: You? 150 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:26,600 Speaker 2: All you can see is long lines, lots of traffic. 151 00:09:27,640 --> 00:09:31,760 Speaker 2: You're sitting in the doctor's office with everybody sitting there waiting. 152 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:36,600 Speaker 2: But why do you stay in that chair? Because you 153 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:38,640 Speaker 2: know the nurse is gonna come out. She's gonna call 154 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:42,040 Speaker 2: your name. She's gonna call your name. That's what keeps 155 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:45,000 Speaker 2: you in that chair. Let me tell you something, God, 156 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:48,520 Speaker 2: it's gonna call your name. It's for an appointed time. 157 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 2: Wait for it. Don't get ahead of the time. See, 158 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 2: you know what our job is. Our job is to 159 00:09:57,040 --> 00:10:00,400 Speaker 2: get ready for the appointed time because we don't want 160 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:03,480 Speaker 2: to birth anything before it's time. We don't want to 161 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:06,480 Speaker 2: take it into our own hands. I think about Moses 162 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:09,840 Speaker 2: and how he led the Israelites. They were well equipped 163 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:13,440 Speaker 2: when they came out of Egypt, strong, headed to the 164 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:17,200 Speaker 2: promised land. Listen, he opened the Red Sea. They saw 165 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:22,360 Speaker 2: amazing miracles. They walked through on dry ground, so incredible, 166 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:25,080 Speaker 2: even though they may have been fearful. They look back 167 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:30,160 Speaker 2: and they watched the sea swallow up their enemies. You see, 168 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:33,520 Speaker 2: God did amazing things. He said, I'm taking you to 169 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:37,720 Speaker 2: that place called the Promised Land. Stick with me, keep 170 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:40,600 Speaker 2: the promise, and don't give up. Well, as they were 171 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:44,000 Speaker 2: in the desert, Moses said, hey, I'll be back. I'm 172 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 2: going to see God. I'm gonna get our instructions for 173 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:50,200 Speaker 2: the next half of our journey. So he went up 174 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:54,160 Speaker 2: to Mount Sinai and spoke with God. But you know 175 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:57,760 Speaker 2: what the Israelites did in the camp. They lost sight 176 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:01,800 Speaker 2: of the promise of God. They lost sight of where 177 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:04,760 Speaker 2: they were going and what God was capable of doing. 178 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:07,760 Speaker 2: You know what they said, They said, we don't know 179 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:10,559 Speaker 2: if Moses he's even gonna come back. He's taken so long. 180 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:14,920 Speaker 2: They were so impatient. You know what they did. They 181 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:17,920 Speaker 2: took the gold that God had given them, that he 182 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:20,520 Speaker 2: had supplied for them, and they threw it in the fire, 183 00:11:20,559 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 2: and they said, we're going to make our own God. 184 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 2: We're going to celebrate and worship that God. They thought 185 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:30,400 Speaker 2: that God was gonna make them happy. He didn't. He 186 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:32,959 Speaker 2: didn't make them happy at all. In fact, you know 187 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:36,200 Speaker 2: what they did, They fell short of the best plan 188 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:39,120 Speaker 2: God had for their life. We need to be prepared. 189 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:43,720 Speaker 2: There's a pointed time. What are you doing to get 190 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 2: to that appointed time? You See, it's how we wait 191 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:55,200 Speaker 2: that's important to God. How we wait can oftentimes lead 192 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:58,839 Speaker 2: to how long we wait. See, the waiting is what 193 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:01,800 Speaker 2: God is interested in. He's interested in what we're gonna 194 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:05,480 Speaker 2: develop within us as we wait. In fact, I believe 195 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:09,080 Speaker 2: he's more interested in our development than what we're waiting on. 196 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:13,240 Speaker 2: Because see, God's got amazing things in your future. Hey, 197 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:15,959 Speaker 2: if he's brought you this far, he's gonna take you 198 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:19,560 Speaker 2: all the way. He's parted red seas for you. You've 199 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:23,720 Speaker 2: seen him, you miracles, He's You're well fed and well closed. 200 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:28,120 Speaker 2: You've got everything you need. Don't jump ahead of God. 201 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:31,560 Speaker 2: Know if he's brought you this far, he's gonna take 202 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:34,600 Speaker 2: you all the way. Enjoy where you are right now. 203 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 2: Begin to learn to wait well, knowing that this patience 204 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:42,839 Speaker 2: endurance that you are birthing is gonna bring forth every 205 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:45,840 Speaker 2: promise He's given you. Amen. 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