Our waiting is key to entering into the promises of God. In waiting, God cultivates our trust and dependence on Him\u2014something fractured by sin but restored by Jesus. Jesus came to bring us back from self-reliance to dependence on Him, and waiting is the way to receive full salvation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jesus told His disciples to wait on His promises, specifically the coming of the Holy Spirit. Their role as disciples was to actively wait for the promise Jesus had spoken about. Without surrendering ourselves fully to God, we can\u2019t truly wait on Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Surrendering means giving God complete control over our hearts and souls. When we try to fix our own problems and overcome sin on our own, we often make things worse. We need a Helper. In surrender, as we wait on God, the Holy Spirit reconstructs old pathways in our hearts and souls to free us from sin. It is the power of Jesus\u2019 blood that sets us free, not our own efforts. Our freedom comes from Jesus\u2019 death on the cross, not from our own works. What was once dead in us comes to life only through the Holy Spirit as we learn to depend on God. When we fall, He reestablishes the state of our souls\u2014not by our many words and prayers, but by His grace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
David says in the Psalms, \u201cMy help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.\u201d He says, \u201cI wake up in the morning to ask God for restoration and wait on Him to restore me.\u201d David didn\u2019t try to deny his own struggles; he understood that he was powerless to restore his soul on his own. In Psalm 51, he asks, \u201cCreate in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.\u201d He recognized that he couldn\u2019t restore the joy of salvation or return to intimacy with God by himself; only God had the power to restore him. David\u2019s waiting on God brought joy and sensitivity to the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When David says, \u201cThen I will teach transgressors Your ways,\u201d he\u2019s pointing to his calling to help others worship and serve God. David\u2019s life shows us what it means to be a person after God\u2019s own heart, fully surrendered to fulfilling God\u2019s desires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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