Unhurried: The Stay of Expectancy “Waiting Period”

Posted on April 11, 2017

I received so much confirmation on the “non-hurried process” of God’s promises today. The first was the fact that God’s timing is non-equivalent to our’s. The second is that since his promises are always yes and so be it (amen); we have to be good stewards over the Waiting Period or Stay of Expectancy. 

~the Messenger

“My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him” (Psalm 62:5)

“But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint”(Isaiah 40:31)

Unhurried: Because there are no rush hours on the highway to heaven when traveling by grace thru faith in and with God…

The waiting period is something  almost all can associate with. There are waiting periods for near everything in life; if we put our eyes of understanding on it. It usually signifies an expectancy of something or someone. Sometimes waiting can be the difference between both failure and success. Generally, in the mortal life, waiting sometimes points to trial and error. The latter usually is a benefactor of the former. WHY? If through error, time still remains, there is room for change or modification. However, in the spirit life, the former is the benefaction unto the Lord. It complements our faith walk by the assurance we place in the Word(s) of God concerning every weight of life. The Lord orders a good man’s steps and man’s goings (travels, deeds, commissions) are of the Lord, according to Psalm 37:23-25 & Proverbs 20:24-26.

“We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts: Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation” (2 Peter 1:19-20)

The Stay of Expectancy “Waiting Period”

Cultivation, examination and/or approval of readiness for the forthcoming benefit(s) is normally the significance of the waiting period. It helps us to stay or remain patient in the time interval. Patience, represents hope and trust in the supernatural (spiritual). In the natural (flesh), patience generally points to mere waiting, which can sometimes offset our hope and interfere with our trust or confidence.

Recently, I have undergone a trial of patience and it has taught me that being impatient or hurried about things, can alter good energy into to bad energy or positivism into negativity.  Yet, when I sought the counsel of the Lord via prayer, my strength was quickened and my trust ignited to confide more in the following:

1. When it is a promise from God…yes and so be it, is always the answer—2 Corinthians 1:20-22
2. When it is a blessing from God…it omits sorrow—Proverbs 10:22
3. When it is a gift from the Lord our God…it doesn’t change or fluctuate with contingencies—James 1:17-18. 
4. When it is decreed and declared according to God’s will, word, promise and purpose…it is established—Job 22:28

   

5. When and however it is sown…it is also reaped—sparingly or abundantly—Galatians 6:7-9
6. When it is honored…it is multiplied—2 Peter 1:2-4
7. When it is via love…it covers all else—1 Peter 4:8 & Prov 10:12.
8. Most importantly, if it is purposed, it is promised an expected end—Jeremiah 29:11.

“There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand” (Proverbs 19:21). 

Having this spiritual discernment enhances one’s faith and prayer life. It clarifies that the house of the Lord, is not just a building made by man’s hands. It subjectively confirms that faith does move proverbial mountains—like those created or brought on by impatience. The scriptures declare that the just live by faith and that the wealth of the sinner or wicked is laid up (waiting) for the just. 

By faith we can possibly please God, who does things of his own good pleasure. By faith, unseen evidence manifests via our substance of hope. Via an immutability of such inherent hope, along with God’s inerrant word; we can more earnestly wait for the expected end of his glory, both now and of that which is to come.

• Now: We give God the glory via obedience, thanks and praise          
• That Time, Which is to come: We will either receive a crown of glory

When we grasp the honor, integrity and reverence of waiting on the Lord, we learn how essential being still (in-the-waiting-period), pays off——weighing the cost. We no longer wrestle with God about things we lack discipline over. Instead, from the spirit of truth’s chastening, we patiently await the yea and amen, via hope, faith, love, grace and mercy.

♥ Shalom & Blessings 

In the Word Study: 

Luke 14:28-30 & 21:19-21| Psalm 4:4-5; 25:5-9; 27; 33:20-22; 37:7-25; 40:6-8; 52:9; 62:5 & 69:6 | 1 Samuel 17:12-27 | Genesis 32:22-31 | Proverbs 16:1-9; 19:21 & 20:24-26| Isaiah 8:17; 30:18 & 40:31; 64:4| Ecclesiastes 5:4-7 | Wait | the nature of God | Purpose | Promise | Prosperity | Wealth |Faith | Prayer | Credit-worthiness | James 1:3-4 & 5:7-8 | Habakkuk 2:1-3 | 2 Peter 1:19-20 & 3:9 | Hosea 12:4-5 | 1 John 3:2 | Titus 2:13 | Lamentations 3:22-25 |Galatians 2:20 |Romans 5:1-21 | Micah 7:7 

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2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Isaiah 64:4

For since the beginning of the world [men] have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, [what] he hath prepared for him that waits for him.

Isaiah 30:18 

And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD [is] a God of judgment: blessed [are] all they that wait for him.

Lamentations 3:25

The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeks him.

Galatians 2:20 

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

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