By: Apostle Toni
Text: Psalm 40:1-end
When the Lord says that your time will come, it means you must wait for Him patiently. Everyone and everything has its set time ( Ecclesiastics 3:1).
To wait for God patiently means that you must recognize that God is faithful. How much you know God will determine how patiently you wil wait for Him.
Like David in our text, the time of waiting for God could be a time of crying. The pain may increase while you're waiting but He will surely show up.
If we can trust people who can fail or disappoint us, how much more should we trust God who can't fail or disappoint us?
Don't be like Saul who didn't wait for God but succumbed to pressure and made sacrifice which was the duty of only the priests to God (1 Samuel 13).
The reason why many do not wait for God is that they doubt if He will come (Habakkuk 2:3). Refuse to doubt that He will come. He's not a man that He should lie and He doesn't relent. Knowing that God is faithful gives you strength to wait for Him.
God will not come because of your crying but He will come in His time. Sarah couldn't wait like her husband, Abraham and her haste brought Ismael who turned out to be a problem not only to Abraham's household but also the world at large ( Genesis 16:2).
Don't be jealous of those whose times have come. Rejoice with them and wait for your own turn. When the Lord comes, He comes with glory. Those who mock you now will be ashamed.
