How to Wait Upon the Lord

for your Breakthrough

Pastor Lee McFarlandPastor Lee McFarland

“But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their

strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles…

Isa. 40:31

“…they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not be faint.”

Isa. 40:31

HOW TO DO“WAIT

TRAINING”

1. If I wait courageously, God will strengthen me.

“Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and he shall

strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord!”

Psalm 27:14

2. If I wait patiently God will rescue me.

“I waited patiently for the Lord; and He inclined to

me, and heard my cry…”Psalm 40:1-

2

“… He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of miry clay, and set my feet

upon a rock, and established my steps.”

Psalm 40:1-2

3. If I wait Silently, God will defend me.

“Truly my soul wait for God; from Him comes my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be

greatly moved.”

Psalm 62:1-2 (NKJV)

4. If I wait full of Hope and Expectation, God will be good to me.

“The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him…”

Lamentations 3:25-26

“… It is good that one should hope and wait

quietly for the salvation of the Lord.”

Lamentations 3:25-26

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I WAIT

ON THE LORD?

1. A BIGGER answer to my prayer.

The waiting: “Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus…”

John 11:5-6

“…So when he heard that Lazarus was sick,

he stayed where he was two more days.””

John 11:5-6

The BIGGER miracle: “When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, ‘Lazarus, come

out!’ The dead man came out…

John 11:43-44

“…his hands and feet wrapped with strips of

linen, and a cloth around his face. Jesus said to

them, ‘Take off the grave clothes and let him go.’”

John 11:43-44

2. A SUDDEN answer to my prayer.

The waiting: “The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph;

he forgot him…”

Genesis 40:23

“…When two full years had passed, Pharaoh

had a dream…”

Genesis 41:1

A SUDDEN miracle: “So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and he was QUICKLY brought from

the dungeon...” Genesis 41:14

“… When he had shaved and changed his clothes,

he came before Pharaoh...”

Genesis 41:14

3. An ACCELERATED

answer to my prayer.

 The waiting: “When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him,

‘They have no wine…” John 2:3-4

  “… And Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has

not yet come.’” John 2:3-4

An ACCELERATED miracle:

“When the master of the feast tasted the water

now become wine...” John 2:9a-10

“...he said to him, ‘Every serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then

the poor wine…” John 2:9a-10

“… But you have kept the good wine until now.”

John 2:9a-10

WHEN WE TRY TO ACCELERATE –

THEN GOD WAITS.

WHEN WE WAIT – THEN GOD

ACCELERATES.