WAIT UNTIL YOU CAN'T WAIT

"My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him." (Psa 62:5) One man said that Pentecost was Christianity on its tip toes. Whatever picture that draws in your mind it implies expectancy. As a young boy I remember that sense of expectancy so well. In particular, there was that feeling that one got to feeling Sunday afternoon. We couldn't hardly wait to get back to church on Sunday night. We really expected God to move mightily by His Spirit. We were uncertain just what would happen, but we knew it would be unusual and exhilarating. We'd get the same sense during revivals. That's why people would come early to pray--not out of duty, but expectancy. Do we have that sense of expectancy? Do I? Do you? If not, how do we regain it? The psalmist knew how: We wait on God looking to Him to imbue us with that expectancy. If we look to the song service alone, we will discover there are no new hymns in the book. They are the same ones there for years. If we look to the preaching alone, we soon realize that it is the same preacher. If we look around to the people, they are the same people. We realize that these are not the sources of expectation. But, if we look to God, and wait on Him, we soon will be expecting much--even from the singing and preaching, etc. One thing is for certain, without prayer there will never be any expectation. Only by waiting on God in prayer will we begin to expect. Let's wait on God for that sense of expectancy. Let's wait (patiently seek) until we can't hardly wait (we are full of expectancy). Wait, until the youth can't hardly wait for youth prayer meeting and the adults for pre-service prayer meeting. Wait until we can't hardly wait for service to start, until we can't wait for the preaching, until we can't wait for altar service, and until we can't wait for the next service. Let's wait on God until we can't wait for God to move.