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Sustain me according to your promise, and I will live; do not let my hopes be dashed. Psalm 119:116
It is not just us who get weary when the blessings we hope for is delayed. Everyone can relate to it. Let us, therefore, learn from some examples from the Scriptures of godly men on how they handled the stress associated with delayed hope.
King David reverts to prayer and supplication. There are numerous accounts of him praying and pleading thru' his psalms. He was certain his help would come from the Lord. He sings:
Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me. Psalm 54:4
Prophet Jeremiah learned to wait for Him; he writes in Lamentations 3:21-24:
My soul is downcast within me. Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.”
Then there is the renewed hope when the wait is finally over and when we receive His blessings.
In Ezekiel 37:11 we read: They (People of Israel) say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.’ The Lord says in verse 37:13-14 "Then you, my people, will know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves and bring you up from them. I will put my Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I the Lord have spoken, and I have done it, declares the Lord."
So what do we need to do?
1. Pray
2. Be sure the Lord alone can help
3. Wait for the Lord
4. Receive your blessing
Is that hard?
Sustain me according to your promise, and I will live; do not let my hopes be dashed. Psalm 119:116
It is not just us who get weary when the blessings we hope for is delayed. Everyone can relate to it. Let us, therefore, learn from some examples from the Scriptures of godly men on how they handled the stress associated with delayed hope.
King David reverts to prayer and supplication. There are numerous accounts of him praying and pleading thru' his psalms. He was certain his help would come from the Lord. He sings:
Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me. Psalm 54:4
Prophet Jeremiah learned to wait for Him; he writes in Lamentations 3:21-24:
My soul is downcast within me. Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.”
Then there is the renewed hope when the wait is finally over and when we receive His blessings.
In Ezekiel 37:11 we read: They (People of Israel) say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.’ The Lord says in verse 37:13-14 "Then you, my people, will know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves and bring you up from them. I will put my Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I the Lord have spoken, and I have done it, declares the Lord."
So what do we need to do?
1. Pray
2. Be sure the Lord alone can help
3. Wait for the Lord
4. Receive your blessing
Is that hard?
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