“I
Want It Now”
Hebrews
11:11-12
The problem
is not God’s promises
but our ability
to patiently trust God
to do the right thing
at the right
time.
How important is patience?
Galatians 5:22,23
22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness
and self-control.
1 Corinthians 13:4
4Love is patient
Hebrews 11:11-12
11By faith Abraham, even though he was past age—and
Sarah herself was barren—was enabled to become
a father because he considered him faithful who
had made the promise. 12And so from
this one man, and he as good as dead, came
descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky
and as countless as the sand on the seashore.
“Want it now” people need to:
1. Use the Bible to know about God.
Understand who God is
It’s a trust issue
Know God from His Word
Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that
he should change his mind.
Does he speak and then not act?
Does he promise and not fulfill?
Hebrews
6:13When
God made his promise to Abraham, since there was
no one greater for him to swear by, he swore by
himself, 14saying, “I will surely
bless you and give you many descendants.” 15And
so after waiting patiently, Abraham received
what was promised.
2 Corinthians 1:18But as surely as God is
faithful, our message to you is not “Yes”
and “No.” 19For the Son of God,
Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by me
and Silas and Timothy, was not “Yes” and
“No,” but in him it has always been
“Yes.” 20For no matter how many
promises God has made, they are “Yes” in
Christ.
2. Look at
past experiences.
Understand how God works
It’s a time issue
Sarah and Abraham
Genesis 17:17Abraham fell facedown; he laughed and said to himself,
“Will a son be born to a man a hundred years
old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of
ninety?”
Genesis 21:1 Now the LORD was
gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the LORD
did for Sarah what he had promised. 2Sarah
became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his
old age, at the very time God had promised him.
2 Timothy 2:13 if
we are faithless, he will remain faithful,
Ephesians 3:20 Now
to him who is able to do immeasurably more than
all we ask or imagine
3. Ask God to
develop patience.
Understand what God wants me to do
It’s a turn issue
Genesis 25:20 and
Isaac was forty years old when he married
Rebekah... 21Isaac prayed to the LORD
on behalf of his wife, because she was barren.
The LORD answered his prayer, and his wife
Rebekah became pregnant.
Genesis 25:26 Isaac
was sixty years old when Rebekah gave birth to
them.
God will always be faithful ...
Psalm 77:8 Has his unfailing love vanished forever?
Has his promise failed for all time?
Psalm 119:50
My comfort in my suffering is this:
Your promise preserves my life.
Psalm 119:116 Sustain me according to your promise, and I will live; do not
let my hopes be dashed.
Psalm 119:162 I rejoice in your promise like one who finds great spoil.
2 Peter 3:9The Lord is not
slow in keeping his promise, as some understand
slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting
anyone to perish, but everyone to come to
repentance.
