The Spirit Who Comforts Those Who Wait
Scripture Focus
Luke 2:2-38
And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”) and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the Law of the Lord, “a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.”
(Luke 2:22-24)
God often meets people on the road of ordinary faithfulness, not dramatic spiritual shortcuts.
"Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 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. 27 And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the Law, he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said…
(Luke 2:25-28)
The question isn’t if we are going to wait but how are we going to wait?
Waiting exposes what we’re really hoping in.
Waiting poorly often looks like:
Control
Cynicism
Compromise
Isolation
33 And his father and his mother marveled at what was said about him. 34 And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed 35 (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.”
36 And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from when she was a virgin, 37 and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day. 38 And coming up at that very hour she began to give thanks to God and to speak of him to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.
(Luke 2:33-38)
Your waiting is not wasted.
To wait well:
Stay near worship
Pray with honesty and endurance
Practice obedience in the small
Refuse counterfeit comforts
Hold Jesus as He is
Turn waiting into witness
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