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Will

you Wait? 2 Sam 5:1-5 (people can read more at 1 Chron 11)I’m

great with waiting. As long as its right now. As I grow- my patience is

improving. But

there’s so much that people wait for. Jobs, relationships, sickness, spiritual

growth, promotion, living situation, all of those things are real and part of

living this life. And

then we live like Christians, and sometimes it feels like giving up would be

easier. Somedays

I ask the Holy Spirit if I can have one day off a year. Up for 24 hours and he

says no. Galatians 6:9

And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if

we do not lose heart.Why

are we talking about waiting today? David

knew how to wait. He knew what had been spoken over him, but that was it. 2

sam 5: 4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned

forty years.We

read this stuff in a matter of minutes and years have passed over time. Today

is the day!

HE didn’t know the timelinethis right here is the culmination of the past 15 years of Davids life. This was at 15 years old- 1 Sam 16: 12-13 READCan you imagine being 15 years old knowing that you were going to be king, and in your teen years being chased by the current King? Saul died when David was 23 and he was king of Judah for 7 years during a civil war. Here today we see the culmination of the prophecies and plans of God to make David King. It took a long time for everyone to believe in him, It took a long time to become king (he was anointed at 15), It took a long time to go through the split of the kingdom (It was7 years)4000 years since creation, 4000 years from original sin, 2500 years from the great flood, 2085 since abram was promised descendants, 2081 since God’s covenant with Abraham, 1525 since the birth of Moses, 1446 since the exodus and the commandments, and the law, 1406 since Joshua, 1100 since birth of Samuel, 1024 David Kills Goliath, 1003 David is Made King. Solomon is made king, Kingdom is divided at 931, 730 Isaiah says a child is born, 594 Jeremiah prophesies, 593 Ezekiel prophesies, 586 Jerusalem falls,  539 Daniel prophesies, 430 Word of the Lord by Malachi…. And then 400 years of waiting. Sarah was promised a child in Genesis 18, it took a while but she had a child. The woman with the issue of Blood had suffered from 12 years in Mark 5. Lazarus had been dead for 4 days before he was healed in John 11. The man at the pool in John 5 had been there for 38 years.  Joseph got sold as a slave by his brothers and had to wait in Gen 37. Job had patience. Simeon in luke 2 was told he wouldn’t see death until he saw the messiah Luke 2:26 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.lamentations 3:25  The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, To the soul who seeks Him.God makes it clear that he has no problem with his people waiting. Joseph was in for 10 years!

What does it mean to you?Are you overly concerned with the timeline? This is the Christmas season. The season of ArrivalOur people waited thousands of years to see the promise of King David and then Messiah, and we can’t seem to handle a long week because we’re weak. We want everything right nowWe live in great times, but because we never have to wait for anything- we want everything right now. Back in my day we used to have to waste a whole Saturday to watch Thriller on MTVDeployed- I’d send a letter- it would take a week and another week to get it back. Now? TEXTHas God spoken things to you that haven’t come to pass that you’re waiting to see happen?Psa 40:1-3 READ I waited patiently for the Lord; And He inclined to me, And heard my cry.God hears your prayers!