While You Wait on God, Pray This Prayer | Morning Prayer

0:02 For as many as are waiting on the Lord for one thing or the other, I'd like us to pray together. However, before we say that prayer, let's look at a few verses of scripture together to strengthen our faith this morning. The Bible says in Psalm 46:1-5, "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea, though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof."

0:48 Cellah, there is a river. The streams whereof shall make glad the city of God. The holy place of the tabernacles of the most high. God is in the midst of her. She shall not be moved. God shall help her. And that right early. Let's stay on this Bible verse for a while this morning. Let's meditate on it. Sometimes I believe that we need to be reminded of just how far God is willing to go on our behalf. And this is one of the best ways by which we can do it through the promise of scriptures through his everliving, ever alive word to us.

1:35 The book of Habac 2:3 says something that I believe really goes into the heart of today's devotion. It says, "For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it will speak and it will not lie. Though it tries, wait for it, because it will surely come, it will not tarry. It says, "The vision is yet for an appointed time, and at the end it will speak. Though it tarries, wait for it." I believe in the same vein. We can turn to ourselves this morning and tell ourselves that if God has said something

2:21 to us, it may seem long in coming, but you can wait for it. You can wait on it. If he has given you something and it looks like it's not yielding or speaking right now in your life, maybe it looks like it's dragging, you can wait on it. If God has said it, if he has given it to you, if you are trusting him for it, then you can wait on it. You know why? Because we can always wait on the word of the Lord. We can always wait on his promises. And if we are trusting for something and we believe him that he will bring it to

3:07 pass, we can most definitely wait on that too. Because scripture gives us asurances of faith. He says if we come to him believing, we will definitely see what we have asked him for. Mark 11:4 assures us, therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it and it will be yours. Matthew 7 7-8 says resolutely, "Ask and it will be given to you. Seek and you will find. Knock and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the

3:54 one who knocks it will be opened." That is why, though it may seem delayed, wait on it. The Bible says it will come. If the Lord has said it, he will most certainly bring it to pass. Surely, there may be a season of waiting. And I'm sure many of us are familiar with that, but do not be afraid of that waiting. You may be tired. You may be losing hope. But I am yet to see anyone wait on the Lord without coming through with a testimony. I am yet to see anyone trusting him fully in faith and on the right things and come away without his promise delivered.

4:41 However, I know that still does not make things easier. I know what waiting feels like. I know the pain, the longing, the yearning that comes with it. The days spent being hopeful and out of hope. The days spent being so full of faith and the days when you barely have enough faith to even so much as utter a word of prayer or say, "Lord, I trust you." I remember that I have shared here my seven years of waiting through a financial drought. It was one of the toughest periods of my life. I still remember the days when praying was hard. the days I could only stay on one chapter of the Bible and just read that

5:28 over and over because I could not find another that spoke to my situation and that one just made the most sense. Deuteronomy 20 was that chapter. However, that period did teach me a few truths from scripture about waiting that I would like to share today because I have come to see that when it comes to waiting, strength is required. The question then becomes how do we get that strength? I think the first thing we must reiterate when we are in our waiting season is the need for us to remember that God is on our side. God is on your side. He is for you. He is with you no

6:13 matter what the days are looking like. He is your strength and he is your anchor. He is the one that will keep you sane despite what you are going through. Sometimes we should not only remember that God makes a way. We should remember that he goes with us through every situation we are in. He is a refuge. We can hide in him and he is our strength. So first remember that he is on your side. After that call on him. Pray just as we are about to do this morning. A prayer is not a grand event. It must not start so formally every time. Even a simple God I'm tired is a prayer or a

7:02 God I don't feel I can go on. The most important thing here is just to talk to him. Secondly, get in the word. I can't stress this enough. By all means, stay in the word. Let his word fill you up even when things are difficult. The Bible says to let the word dwell richly in us. When his word dwells in us, we can smile in the face of the harshest of storms. You know why? Because you have interacted with his word. You have studied it. You have seen truth in it. And that truth has changed you. It has caused you to believe even

7:47 above your circumstance. Also, make sure you fellowship with him. Have a time you have set apart particularly in this period where you can just go and stay in his presence. A time when you can just go and worship him. When you do that, your strength is renewed. The Bible says in Isaiah 40:31, "But those who wait upon the Lord will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint." When you have times of fellowship with

8:34 the Lord, that is when you wait upon him. You look to him rather than look to your circumstance. And the Bible says when you do this, you run and not grow weary. You walk and not faint. Strength is added to you. Also, be mindful of the company you keep. Stay with people who speak life and hope into what you're going through. I believe these few points will strengthen you in this season and will help you stay strengthened. We will start on one of them this morning.

9:19 If you want to draw strength from the place of prayer in this season, then this is a good place to start. Join us as we say these words of prayer. Let us pray together. Heavenly Father, I say thank you for letting me be blessed by this word, particularly in this season, for letting these words be a source of encouragement and strength to me. I say thank you, Father. You know my heart better than I can explain. I come before you with my weariness. I confess right now that I am tired. I have grown weak and I honestly don't

10:05 know what to do anymore. Praying has been difficult. Studying has been difficult as well. My faith grows weaker by the day. And truly, I wish this season was already over. But Father, I am still in it. So I come before you to draw strength because I know that I cannot do it on my own. Not anymore. Heavenly Father, please strengthen me. Let hope come alive in me. Strengthen my faith, Lord, even in the midst of this darkness. Father, I ask that you restore the consecrations I have lost. Restore my love for your word, my

10:51 delight in prayer, and my hunger for your presence. Restore the tenderness of heart that once made it easy for me to run to you. If this season has made me numb, soften me again. If weariness has made me distant, draw me close. If disappointment has weakened my desire to seek you, breathe upon my spirit and awaken my heart. I do not want to survive this season with only answers in my hand. I want to come out of it with a heart more rooted in you, more dependent on you, and more in love with you than ever before. Lord, help me to know even in this

11:36 period that you are my way out. Help me to know that you are with me through the fire and through the storm. When the days are hard, remind me that I am not walking alone. When the nights feel long, remind me that your presence does not leave me. Help my heart truly understand that I can call upon you at any time and you hear me. Let me not measure your nearness only by what I feel. Let me not measure your faithfulness only by what I see. Help me to know that even in the moments when it feels like you are silent, you are still at work.

12:22 Even when there are not many words, your strength is still present. Even when I do not understand what you are doing, you are still shielding me, preserving me, and carrying me through. Father, let me become more aware of your mighty hand upon my life. Let me see that I am not forgotten. Let me see that I am not abandoned. Let me see that you are doing more for me than I realize. In the moments when fear tries to take over, let your peace rise up within me. In the moments when discouragement tries to speak louder than truth, let your voice be stronger in my heart.

13:09 In the moments when I feel like giving up, hold me together by your grace and remind me that you are still the God who finishes what you start. I also ask that you help my relationships. Help me to find relationships that will help me in this period. Help me to find people that will speak strength into my life. In this period, I speak life over myself. I decree that my heart is strengthened. I decree that even though I can't see it right now, God has a plan for me even in this season. And he is working things out for my good.

13:54 I know this season will be a testimony for me. It will end with miracles. It will end with answered prayers. And it will end with a renewed and a reassured heart. that is full of faith and hope, a heart that knows that God comes through no matter what. I commit my days into your hands. And I decree, let them be brighter. Let me see beyond the pain of this season. Let me see a new dawn. Let me see a new beginning. Let me see with the eyes of faith the things that the Lord is set to do in my life. Heavenly Father, I thank you because you

14:41 have done it. I thank you for answered prayers. To you alone be all the glory in Jesus' name. Amen. If you have said this prayer, I believe God has already blessed you. Also, if you found any part of this message particularly meaningful or a blessing, please tell us in the comment section. Also, feel free to share any prayer points you may have. We'd love to pray with you through any season you may be in right now, even one such as this. Once again, thank you for joining us for today's devotional. Have a lovely day ahead and God bless.