LEARNING BY WAITING ON THE LORD

The Bible says: “They who wait on the Lord shall not be disappointed (Romans 10:11). ).  “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding;In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths (Proverb 3:5-6).

JESUS’ BIBLE-FRIENDS LEARNED BY WAITING HIM

Mary and her sister Martha, who were close friends of Jesus sent word for him to come and heal their brother Lazarus who was terminally ill. Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.”

Jesus loved Martha, her sister and Lazarus, but the Lord stayed where he was two more days, although the sister were anxious for him to come and heal their brother.

After Jesus stayed where he as for two days, he said to his disciples, “Let us go back to Judea,” where Lazarus was. And he told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him up .”His disciples replied, “Lord, if he sleeps, he will get better.” Jesus had been speaking of his death, but his disciples thought he meant natural sleep. So then he told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead, and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe.

When he got to Judea, Lazarus had been dead for four days. When Martha saw Jesus, she said, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask.”  

Jesus said, “Your brother will rise again.” And he said, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. 

When Mary came and saw Jesus, she said, like her sister Martha,” “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. Jesus wept.

Jesus asked them to take him to the tomb of Lazarus.  Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to 

the tomb. “Take away the stone” of the tomb, he said. But Martha said, “by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days.”

They took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.”

When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face.

Jesus said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.”

“Therefore many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him.” (John 11:1-45). 

WE LEARN BY WAITING ON THE LORD

As believers in Jesus, waiting on him can cause anxiety.  Believers sometimes experience stress when facing  problems of health, family, relationships, finance and other troubles of this world. 

However, the Lord assures believers he will put no more them than they are able to bear, but will always make a way out for them (1 Corinthians 10:13). 

We learn that  our Lord God’s ways of dealing with our problems are higher than our ways.  And we should: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall ^[a]direct your paths” (Proverbs 3:5-6).

You ought to trust him, having learned that  he loves you enough to die for you; and rise from the died as your Savior and Lord. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16). And the Lord God works all things together for good for those love and trust him. (Romans 8:28). Finally, the Lord promises a time when there will be no more pain for all believers (Revelation 21:4).