🎙️ INTRODUCTION
TRUSTING GOD IN HIS DELAYS
“Seek God First While You Wait”
Text: Matthew 6:33
Magandang gabi, mga kapatid!
Welcome to our podcast. I’m Jason Turmis, a third-year student from Negros Fellowship Baptist Seminary (NFBS).
And this podcast is part of our Technology in Church Ministry course output, where we are learning how we can use technology to communicate God’s Word and encourage people wherever they may be.
So tonight, I want to share with you a simple but very important message about something that all of us experience at some point in our lives:
WAITING.
Let me ask you a question:
Have you ever prayed for something and waited for so long that you finally asked, “Lord, kailan?”
Maybe you're waiting for an answer to your prayer.
Maybe you're waiting for a financial breakthrough.
Maybe you're waiting for healing.
Maybe you're waiting for an opportunity.
Maybe you're waiting for God to change a situation in your life.
At first, we can say:
“Lord, I trust You.”
But when the days become weeks, and the weeks become months, sometimes our faith begins to struggle.
We start asking:
“Lord, naririnig Mo pa ba ako?”
“Lord, bakit ang tagal?”
“Lord, kailan Mo sasagutin ang prayer ko?”
And that's one of the hardest parts of faith:
Learning to trust God when we don't understand His timing.
Because when we are waiting, we can see the problem, but we cannot always see the purpose.
We can see the delay, but we cannot always see what God is doing behind the scenes.
And sometimes, because we are so focused on the answer, we forget the Answer-Giver.
We become so focused on the blessing we are waiting for that we forget the God who is with us while we wait.
That's why Jesus gives us this powerful reminder in Matthew 6:33:
“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”
Notice those two important words:
“Seek first.”
Jesus didn't say:
“Get everything first, then seek God.”
He said:
“Seek God first.”
So habang naghihintay ka kay Lord, what should you do?
Keep praying.
Keep trusting.
Keep obeying His Word.
Keep serving Him.
Keep seeking God.
Because sometimes, God's delay is not only about what He wants to give you.
It is also about what He wants to teach you while you are waiting.
Maybe you're praying:
“Lord, change my situation.”
But God may be saying:
“My child, first let Me change your heart.”
Maybe you're asking:
“Lord, kailan Mo ibibigay ang blessing?”
And God is saying:
“Seek Me first. Trust Me with the blessing.”
Mga kapatid, here's the truth I want us to remember tonight:
❤️ “Don't let the delay make you forget the One you are waiting for.”
Because when God is first in our lives, we don't have to be afraid of what comes next.
We can trust His timing.
We can trust His wisdom.
We can trust His provision.
And most of all, we can trust His heart.
So if you are listening right now and you're in a waiting season, this message is for you.
Maybe you don't understand what God is doing.
Maybe you don't know when the answer will come.
But don't give up.
Don't chase the answer—seek the Answer-Giver.
Don't allow the delay to destroy your faith.
Instead, let the delay draw you closer to God.
And remember:
🔥 “Seek God first. Trust His timing. Leave the rest in His hands.”
So once again, I'm Jason Turmis from Negros Fellowship Baptist Seminary, and this is our Technology in Church Ministry podcast output.
Thank you for joining me.
And now, let's open God's Word and discover what Matthew 6:33 teaches us about trusting God while we wait.
God bless you, mga kapatid, and let's begin. 🙏
