Learning How to Wait Expectantly

Isaiah 40:31 (NLT) 

    But those who wait on the Lord will find new strength. They will fly high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.

Romans 8:26 (Msg) 

    Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God's Spirit is right alongside helping us along. If we don't know how or what to pray, it doesn't matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans.

Numbers 22:22-35 (NLT) 

1. Trust God completely in seasons of waiting because He is already working in the areas and places before the victory.

2. In seasons of waiting, resist the temptation to complain, instead, turn our grumbling into opportunities to trust God more.

Numbers 20:3-5 (NLT); Numbers 21:5-7 (NLT) 

Romans 8:24-25 (Msg) 

    That is why waiting does not diminish us, any more than waiting diminishes a pregnant mother. We are enlarged in the waiting. We, of course, don't see what is enlarging us. [25] But the longer we wait, the larger we become, and the more joyful our expectancy.

3. Adapt our hearts and adjust our responses to the priorities of God while we are waiting for His ultimate responses.

2 Thes. 3:6-7, 10-12 (NLT) 

    And now, dear brothers and sisters, we give you this command with the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ: Stay away from any Christian who lives in idleness and doesn't follow the tradition of hard work we gave you. Even while we were with you, we gave you this rule: "Whoever does not work should not eat."  Yet we hear that some of you are living idle lives, refusing to work and wasting time meddling in other people's business. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we appeal to such people—no, we command them: Settle down and get to work. Earn your own living.