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One thing that is common and peculiar among the youths of this generation is our inability to wait or impatient in decision making. Youths of this generation are very impatient, they are quick to make decisions without waiting to make enquiry about the end result or outcome of the decision they are making.

Many have fallen into many errors and wrongs because of their impatient or lack of waiting to hear from God. This attitude of impatient cut across their day to day activities and decision making for their lives. Many had impatiently made decision in place of who to marry, which school to go, which job or profession to take, which place or country to live in, etc.

Isaac was a good example of a person in the Bible that wanted to make decisions impatiently but God told him to stay in the land that people have been shouting famine and because he listened to the instructions of God, he waited upon the Lord; the Bible says, he sowed in that same land and received in the same year in hundred fold. Genesis 26vs1-14, Isaiah 40vs28-31.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO WAIT UPON THE LORD?

  1. To Wait Upon The Lord Is To Hear God’s View On Every Issue. 1 Samuel 30vs7-8, Exodus 17vs3-5 

As a child of God, it is expected of you to always wait to hear God on every matter or issue that concerns your life, because you are not everybody and because God has special interest in every segment of your life. That is why you must always wait to seek for His directions concerning your life. 

  1. To Wait Upon God Is To Put Your Body And Emotions Under Control And To Be Encouraged By God. 1 Samuel 30vs3-6

Many youths had taken decision that landed them in serious trouble because they allowed their emotions to override their good judgment, they allowed their emotions to silent the voice of God in their lives. As a youth who is a child of God, you need to put your emotions under submission and control because you are of the spirit and not of the flesh. 

  1. To Wait Upon The Lord Is To Surrender Your will To God For His Will To Prevail. Matthew 26vs38-39, John 5vs30

You are to live a life in which your will have to die for God's will to live in you. You have to surrender your totality to God, you have to move to the level of saying that, without God you cannot do anything. 

  1. To Wait Upon The Lord Is To Put Your Natural Ears Down To Listen To The Supernatural

This is because whatever that will happen in the physical must have been settled in the realm of the spirit. You need to have control over the supernatural before you can start enjoying the physical benefits that are available.

 HOW CAN YOU WAIT UPON THE LORD? 

  1. You Can Wait Upon The Lord Through Prayer. 1 King's 18vs41-46, James 5vs17, 1 Thessalonians 5vs17

Prayer is the key that open the door to God's presence. It is one of the communication gadget to get to God. If you must hear God, you will have to pray. Pray until something happens. 

  1. You Can Wait Upon The Lord Through Worshipping And Adoring His Name. 2 Corinthians 20vs20-22, Joshua 6vs16-21

Whenever you worship God in the beauty of His Holy name, you are inviting His presence into the situation of your life because God inhabits the praise of His people. The problem with many of us Christian is, we only praise God when He has done something good for us; if you want to see God and hear Him all the time, praise Him when it is pleasant and when it is not. 

  1. You Can Wait Upon The Lord Through Studying And Meditating on His words. Joshua 1vs8, Psalms 1vs2, Psalms 119vs11, Psalms 119vs9

Another good way to hear the voice and the mind of God on any matter is through His written words. The word of God is there for you as lamp unto thy feet, it is there for you to apply to every situation in your life.

 

WHAT ARE THE SECRETS IN WAITING UPON THE LORD?

  1. You Will Have Access To First Hand Information From God. 2 King's 6vs28-33, Daniel 4vs5-9

Information rules the world and if you are not informed, you will be deformed. To get information to rule your world, you have to put your ear to hear the heartbeat of God. 

  1. You Will Get Divine Directions On All Matters. 1 Samuel 30vs7-8, Genesis 41vs14-40

Many of us as Christians are suffering today because we habitually take steps without asking God first for directions in place of waiting. Waiting upon the Lord will allow you to have access to divine directions. That is, God will be leading you on every matter or issue of your life. 

  1. You Will Have Eyes To See Into The Future. 2 King's 1vs3-6

One of the abilities that makes you great and live long as a child of God is the ability to see into the future (tomorrow) because that will help you to be in peace without being afraid of what tomorrow holds. With that, you have the assurance that your future is settled and this ability can be gotten by waiting upon the Lord. 

  1. Your Strength Will Be Renewed. Isaiah 40vs31

When you wait upon the Lord, you will be drawing strength needed for the journey and for your life purpose from God. 

  1. Waiting Upon The Lord Will Help You To Go Far Beyond Your Mate

You will go far beyond your equal because you have God the Father that will take you farther. 

  1. Waiting Upon The Lord Will Make You To Rule And Dominate In Your Space (profession, Assignment, Career, Community etc). Daniel 6vs1-3.

 CONCLUSION:

There is joy in waiting upon the Lord because it helps you to access the mind of God and it makes you a better person, but you can only wait upon God after you might have surrendered your life to Jesus Christ and after you might have forsaken your sins and start living a life pleasing unto God. The Bible says, it is those who have clean hands and pure heart that can ascend the hill of the Lord. Psalms 24vs3-5.

Surrender Your Life to Jesus Christ today because He is the only true way through which you can get to God. He is the access key to the mind of God the Father. It is only people with this access key (Jesus Christ) that can enjoy the secret and benefits of waiting upon God.