FOUR RESULTS OF WAITING ON THE LORD  Isaiah 40:31-31 

JOKE-A little boy was fishing but was catching nothing. A man came by and asked him, are you fishing little boy? He replied back, “No I am not fishing, I am just drowning worms”. Sometimes, we may feel that way, that we are accomplishing nothing. But if we wait on the Lord we will reap one day.

SOME BIBLICAL EXAMPLES OF WAITING UPON THE LORD:

A. ABRAHAM AND SARAH (FOR ISAAC)

B. MARY & MARTHA (FOR JESUS TO ARRIVE WHEN LAZRUS DIED.

C.  ALL BELIEVERS (AWAITING HIS RETURN)

IN EACH CASE, IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT!!

I-THEY WILL HAVE INWARD STRENGTH:VS 31A

He is not talking about physical strength here, but he is talking about moral strength.

The people in Isaiah’s day were in captivity, they needed inward strength to give them power over temptation.

II-THEY WILL HAVE UPWARD STRENGTH: VS 31B

The story of the boy who shot an eagle which broke his wing and caused his to land in his barnyard among the filth. The boy kept him chained in his barn yard on the farm until he was healed. One day as the eagle heard the mating cry of an eagle above, he screamed and cried and stretched his wings upward, the boy released him. The eagle soared into the sky, and gave a screamed of victory as he returned to clouds where he once lived.

That is a picture of the life of victory that God wants to give to his people. God never want us to live to deep in this world.

Colossians 3:2-Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

III-THEY WILL HAVE OUTWARD STRENGTH: VS 31C

IV-THEY WILL HAVE ONWARD STRENGTH: VS 31D

CONCLUDING STORY: A grandfather was taking a nature hike with his 6 year old grandson. The child was running ahead, and came to a creek...afraid that he was going to fall in, the grandfather said CHILD, WAIT FOR ME AND I’LL GET YOU ACROSS...SURPRISINGLY, THE CHILD OBEYED, AND WHEN THE GRANDFATHER GOT THERE, HE LIFTED THE CHILD UPON HIS SHOULDERS, AND WADED ACROSS THE CREEK. the grandchild said, "If I hadn’t waited on you, I would never have made it across!"

WHO WANTS TO BE A CANDY HEIR?

1-When I say that Isaiah was talking about Inward Strength, what is he speaking about? (250 Points)

2-In Isaiah’s day, for what purpose was the inward strength needed? (250 pts)

3-Name three examples from the Bible of people waiting on the Lord, and tell the purpose of them waiting. (500 pts.)

4-Fill in the blanks for Colossians 3:2 “Set your_____ on things _____, not on things on ________.” (500 Pts.)

5-Who wrote the book of Colossians? (250 pts.)

6-What was Luke’s occupation? (250 pts.)

7-How many books of the Bible did Paul write? (250 pts.)

8-Name the books that he wrote. (1400 pts. Possible)

9-What was Matthew’s occupation? (Tax collector) (500 pts.)

10-How many disciples did Jesus initially choose while on this Earth?

      (500 pts.)

Hangman---A REQUEST BASED ON TODAY’S LESSON

500 PTS FOR EACH VOWEL

1000 PTS FOR EACH CONSONANT

15000 PTS FOR SOLVING THE PUZZLE

TEACH ME LORD TO WAIT