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1. Some things in life are easy to wait for.
2. But when it comes to things we really want, it might not be so easy to wait.
3. Waiting for God can also be difficult.
4. While waiting for God to move in our lives, it’s easy to be impatient or feel discouraged.
5. But God has given us His Word so that we may know how to wait for God without becoming impatient or feeling discouraged.
6. Today, we will study a passage that will show us why waiting for God is not a waste of time and how to be at peace while we are waiting.

Genesis 21:1-7

Transition – The first principle to remember while waiting for God to move in your life is. . .

I. God Has Not Forgotten You (1)

• It may seem like God has forgotten you, but He has not.
• In fact, there is a familiar pattern in the Bible regarding God’s promises.
o First, God gives a promise.
o Then the promise is followed by a divine delay.
• The purpose of the divine delay is to test the believer, to see if they will trust God and stand on the promises found in God’s Word.
• In many ways, divine delays are opportunities or seasons of refinement so that believers may:
o Grow closer to God; and
o Become stronger in their faith in God.

Transition – From Genesis 21, we see that. . .

A. God is watching over you
1. It had been 24 years and three months of waiting before Sarah conceived.
2. God had said on two occasions, just months before Sarah conceived, that she would have a son the same time next year.
a. First to Abraham in Genesis 17:21.

Genesis 17:21, But My covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this season next year.

b. Then to Abraham and Sarah in Genesis 18:10.

Genesis 18:10, He said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year; and behold, Sarah your wife will have a son.” And Sarah was listening at the tent door, which was behind him.

3. “Then the LORD took note of Sarah”
a. “Took note of” means “watch over” or to “care for.”
b. “To help someone in a manner that shows concern” because they are in a “difficult circumstance.”
4. When God takes note of someone it means He is about to bring a great change in their life.

Exodus 2:23-25, Now it came about in the course of those many days that the king of Egypt died. And the sons of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry for help because of their bondage rose up to God. So God heard their groaning; and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And God saw the sons of Israel, and God took notice of them.

APPL – If there ever was a time in recent history when God’s people needed to cry out to God it is now.
• Hatred has increased as love is growing cold.
• Lies are spreading like wildfire as truth is suppressed.
• Wickedness is applauded while righteousness is ridiculed.

2 Chronicles 7:14, “. . . if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face
and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” (NIV)

a. God heard the sons of Israel’s cry and called Moses to confront Pharaoh and deliver Israel from slavery in Egypt.
b. When Pharaoh refused, God sent ten plagues upon Egypt, which left the empire devastated.
c. After the tenth plague, Pharaoh released Israel and God guided His people toward the Promised Land.

APPL – While waiting for a breakthrough, the silence and sense of divine inactivity can lead us to conclude that God has forgotten or is unwilling to act on our behalf.
• Nothing could be further from the truth.

Isaiah 49:14-16, But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me.” Can a woman forget her nursing child, and have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, but I will not forget you. Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are continually before Me.

• While waiting for God, we must remember that He has not forgotten us, He is watching over us.

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