WAITING UPON GOD WAITING UPON GOD AS THE GIVER OF ALL TEMPORAL BLESSINGS PSA 104:27 These wait all upon thee; that you may give them their meat in due season. PSA 104:28 That you gives them they gather: you opens thine hand, they are filled with good. PSA 145:15 The eyes of all wait upon thee; and you gives them their meat in due season. PSA 145:16 You opens thine hand, and Satisfies the desire of every living thing. WAITING UPON GOD AS THE GOD OF PROVIDENCE JER 14:22 Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not you he, O Lord our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for you hast made all these things. WAITING UPON GOD AS THE GOD OF SALVATION PRO 25:5 Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness. EXHORTATIONS AND ENCOURAGEMENTS TO WAIT UPON GOD PSA 27:14 Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord. PSA 37:7 Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass. HOS 12:6 Therefore turn you to you God: keep mercy and judgment and wait on you God continually. WAITING UPON GOD FOR COMING OF THE MESSIAH 1CO 1:7 So that you come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Yeshua The Messiah: 1TH 1:10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Yeshua, which delivered us from the wrath to come. WAITING UPON GOD FOR THE CONSOLATION OF ISRAEL LUK 2:25 And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him. WAITING UPON GOD FOR THE FULFILLMENT OF HIS PROMISE ACT 1:4 And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, you have heard of me. WAITING UPON GOD FOR THE FULFILLMENT OF HIS WORD HAB 2:3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. WAITING UPON GOD FOR GUIDANCE AND TEACHING PSA 25:5 Lead me in you truth, and teach me: for you art the God of my salvation; on you do I wait all the day. WAITING UPON GOD FOR HOPE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH GAL 5:5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. WAITING UPON GOD FOR MERCY PSA 123:2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until that he have mercy upon us. WAITING UPON GOD FOR PARDON PSA 39:7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee. PSA 39:8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish. WAITING UPON GOD FOR PROTECTION PSA 33:20 Our soul waits for the Lord: he is our help and our shield. PSA 59:9 Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence. PSA 59:10 The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies. GOD CALLS US TO WAIT UPON HIM ZEP 3:8 Therefore wait you upon me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy. WAITING UPON GOD ILLUSTRATED PSA 123:2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until that he have mercy upon us. LUK 12:36 And you yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocks, they may open unto him immediately. JAM 5:7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waits for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. WAITING UPON GOD IS GOD PSA 52:9 I will praise you for ever, because you hast done it: and I will wait on you name; for it is good before you saints. THE PATIENCE OF SAINTS OFTEN TRIED IN WAITING UPON GOD PSA 69:3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. WAITING UPON GOD PREDICTED OF THE GENTILES ISA 42:4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law. ISA 60:9 Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring you sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the Lord you God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee. SAINTS HAVE EXPECTATION FROM WAITING UPON GOD PSA 62:5 My soul, wait you only upon God; for my expectation is from him. SAINTS PLEAD, IN PRAYER WAITING UPON GOD PSA 25:21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee. ISA 33:2 O Lord, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be you their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble. SAINTS RESOLVE ON WAITING UPON GOD PSA 52:9 I will praise you for ever, because you hast done it: and I will wait on you name; for it is good before you saints. PSA 59:9 Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence. SHOULD BE WAITING UPON GOD CONTINUALLY HOS 12:6 Therefore turn you to you God: keep mercy and judgment and wait on you God continually. SHOULD BE WAITING UPON GOD IN THE WAY OF HIS JUDGMENTS ISA 26:8 Yes, in the way of you judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul Is to you name, and to the remembrance of thee. SHOULD BE WAITING UPON GOD SPECIALLY IN ADVERSITY PSA 59:1 Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me. PSA 59:2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men. PSA 59:3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Lord. PSA 59:4 They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold. PSA 59:5 You therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah. PSA 59:6 They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. PSA 59:7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear? PSA 59:8 But thou, O Lord, will laugh at them; you will have all the heathen in derision. PSA 59:9 Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence. ISA 8:17 And I will wait upon the Lord, that hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him. SHOULD BE WAITING UPON GOD WITH EARNEST DESIRE PSA 130:6 though you people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness. SHOULD BE WAITING UPON GOD WITH FULL CONFIDENCE MIC 7:7 Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. SHOULD BE WAITING UPON GOD WITH HOPE IN HIS WORD PSA 130:5 I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. SHOULD BE WAITING UPON GOD WITH PATIENCE PSA 37:7 Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass. PSA 40:1 I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. SHOULD BE WAITING UPON GOD WITH RESIGNATION LAM 3:26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord. SHOULD BE WAITING UPON GOD WITH THE SOUL PSA 62:1 Truly my soul waits upon God: from him cometh my salvation. PSA 62:2 He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved. PSA 62:3 How long will you imagine mischief against a man? you shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall you be, and as a tottering fence. PSA 62:4 They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah. PSA 62:5 My soul, wait you only upon God; for my expectation is from him. THEY WHO ENGAGE IN WAITING UPON GOD ARE BLESSED ISA 30:18 And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. DAN 12:12 Blessed is he that waits, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. THEY WHO ENGAGE IN WAITING UPON GOD ARE HEARD PSA 40:1 I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. THEY WHO ENGAGE IN WAITING UPON GOD EXPERIENCE IN HIS GOODNESS LAM 3:25 The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeks him. THEY WHO ENGAGE IN WAITING UPON GOD SHALL BE SAVED PRO 20:22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee. ISA 25:9 And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation. THEY WHO ENGAGE IN WAITING UPON GOD SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH PSA 37:9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth. THEY WHO ENGAGE IN WAITING UPON GOD SHALL NOT BE ASHAMED PSA 25:3 Yes, let none that wait on you be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause. ISA 49:23 And kings shall be you nursing fathers, and their queens you nursing mothers: they shall bow down to you with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of you feet; and you will know that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me. THEY WHO ENGAGE IN WAITING UPON GOD SHALL RECEIVE THE GLORIOUS THINGS PREPARED BY GOD FOR THEM ISA 64:4 For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waits for him. THEY WHO ENGAGE IN WAITING UPON GOD SHALL REJOICE IN SALVATION ISA 25:9 And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation. THEY WHO ENGAGE IN WAITING UPON GOD SHALL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH,ETC. ISA 40:31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. THEY WHO ENGAGE IN WAITING UPON GOD WAIT UPON THEM ONLY PSA 62:5 My soul, wait you only upon God; for my expectation is from him.