Wrapped in Wonder

Wrapped in Wonder

• The wonder of waiting
• Waiting is not something we are interested in
• In the Old Testament there are over 340 prophetic statements about the Messiah coming
• There is around 430 years of silence from the end of the Old Testament to the beginning of the New Testament
• Excitement – Anticipation – Discouragement – Frustration
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Why do you complain, Jacob? Why do you say, Israel, “My way is hidden from the Lord; my cause is disregarded by my God”? Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

Isaiah 40:27-31

• God’s timing is absolutely perfect
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But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship.

Galatians 4:4-5

• Jesus was born at the most perfect moment in all of human history
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  • • Medo-Persian Empire – 430 BC
    • Greeks – 333 BC
    • Egyptians – 323 BC
    • Syrians – 204 BC
    • Romans – 63 BC
• Waiting with the right spirit transforms a season of potential frustration into a season of purposeful transformation
• Be patient
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I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope.

Psalms 130:5

• Be expectant
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For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.

Habakkuk 2:3

• Be confident
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Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

1 Corinthians 15:58

• Delays are not denials; they are simply God’s perfect timing at work in your life
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