Tag: hope

  • Waiting on God: Finding Faith in God’s Waiting Room

    sitting on a bemch waiting on God

    Waiting. How much time does the average person spend doing it? It’s impossible to nail down, because it depends on how you define it. I did some quick searching and here are some sample results.

    The average person spends five years of their lifetime waiting in lines and queues

    The average American spends 37 hours waiting in line each year, 13 hours on hold, and 38 hours stuck in traffic. 

    A Duolingo/OnePoll survey found the average person loses about 26 days per year to wasted time, roughly 12 hours a week. 

    Americans wait an average of 20 minutes a day for public transit, 32 minutes at the doctor, and 28 minutes in airport security lines. 

    Whatever the real number is, I think we can agree that we all spend a lot of time waiting. Much of what feels like waiting time is waiting on God. Answers to prayer seem slow in coming. Our circumstances don’t change. Things don’t get easier. Our healing isn’t coming.

    These waiting times have often been called “God’s waiting room.” That might some a little cliché, but there is truth in it.

    God doesn’t operate on our timing. Much of what we think is wasted time is being used by God to strengthen our faith and grow us.

    The Bible repeatedly reminds us of that truth.

    Hope in Yahweh; be strong, and let your heart take courage; hope in Yahweh. Psalm 27:14

    Yet those who hope in Yahweh Will gain new power; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not get tired; they will walk and not become weary. Isaiah 40:31

    Hold fast in the waiting time. God is still God when we don’t see His hand. He remains God when we have unanswered questions. He will never leave us or forsake us.

    He knows what we need and is best at providing in it. Walk in faith. The LORD has you in His hands.

    Praise His name.

    Be blessed 

    Kevin 

    SUMMARY

    Waiting is an unavoidable part of life — and much of it feels like waiting on God. But Scripture reminds us that time spent waiting is never wasted when God is using it to strengthen faith and shape character.

    KEY POINTS:

    We spend enormous amounts of time waiting, and much of our spiritual life involves waiting on God — for answered prayer, changed circumstances, and healing.

    God doesn’t operate on our timetable; what feels like delay is often His purposeful work of growing and strengthening us.

    Scripture calls us to hope in Yahweh, take courage, and walk in faith — trusting that He holds us, knows our needs, and will never leave or forsake us.

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  • Pentecost Insights: Unveiling Spiritual Connections

    Pentecost and the Exodus - two sides of the same coin

    I’ve been reading some Messianic Jewish material on Pentecost and have learned some astounding similarities between Moses coming down from the mountain and the events of Acts 2. 

    Some of the material I recognized from previous studies, and others were new to me. I don’t recall ever hearing a sermon that did a full comparison. I’m just going to touch on a few key points

     And when the day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them tongues like fire distributing themselves, and they rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance. Acts 2:1-4

    So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand souls. Acts 2:41

    It’s a very familiar passage if you have been in the church for any length of time. The church is born with a supernatural sign and outpouring of miraculous signs. What I didn’t recognize before is that it is directly comparable to an event in the account of the Exodus. You likely know it as the story of the golden calf.

    Let me point out some parallels.

    When Moses is on the mountain, there is lightning, fire and clouds. At Pentecost, we have the tongues of flame.

    When Moses comes down, he finds the people worshipping at an altar of a golden calf. In God’s judgment, 3000 were slain. At Pentecost, by God’s grace, 3,000 were saved that day.

    Moses intercedes with God for the people and their sin. With Christ we have the true mediator for all believers.

    In many ways, with the Law’s declaration, the nation of Israel was formally born. At Pentecost, the church was born.

    The Law was given 50 days after the Passover before the Exodus from Egypt. Pentecost was 50 days after Jesus. Last Supper (in some sense, the last Passover).

    In both cases, a large assembly is gathered and waiting. The people at the foot of Sinai are waiting for Moses to return; the disciples in Jerusalem are waiting as Jesus commanded. In both cases, something dramatic descends from above and transforms the situation entirely.

    Pentecost isn’t just a “birthday of the church” moment — it’s a deliberate new-covenant Sinai, where everything that went wrong in Exodus 32 is reversed. The covenant that was broken before the ink was dry is now written inwardly, and the three thousand who fell under judgment become three thousand who receive life.

    Next time you think about the miracle of Pentecost, take a moment to contemplate the incredible ways God blesses us and how His word is a signpost pointed directly at Him. It’s all part of His redemptive plan for His creation.

    Hallelu Yah (Praise God) 

    Be blessed 

    Kevin 

    Profound Change: The Journey to New Creation

    Summary

    Pentecost in Acts 2 mirrors and fulfills the events at Mount Sinai, revealing a deliberate connection between the giving of the Law and the coming of the Holy Spirit. Where Israel’s sin at the golden calf brought judgment and death to three thousand people, Pentecost displays God’s grace as three thousand are brought to life through Christ and the new covenant.

    Key Points

    • At both Sinai and Pentecost, God’s presence is revealed through dramatic signs from heaven, including fire, sound, and a gathered assembly waiting below.
    • When Moses descended from the mountain, Israel fell into idolatry and three thousand died under judgment; at Pentecost, after Christ’s resurrection and ascension, three thousand were saved through repentance and faith.
    • Moses acted as an intercessor for Israel, foreshadowing Christ, the true and perfect mediator of the new covenant.
    • Sinai marked the formal establishment of Israel under the Law, while Pentecost marked the birth of the church through the indwelling Holy Spirit.
    • The Law was given fifty days after the Exodus events, and Pentecost occurred fifty days after Christ’s resurrection, emphasizing God’s intentional covenant pattern and fulfillment.

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