{"id":39018,"date":"2026-01-23T22:00:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T05:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?p=39018"},"modified":"2026-01-20T22:29:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T05:29:53","slug":"260124-wait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/260124-wait\/","title":{"rendered":"Wait for God"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Max Lucado<\/p>\n

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To walk in the Spirit, respond to the promptings God gives you. Don\u2019t sense any nudging? Just be patient and wait.\u00a0Jesus told the disciples, \u201cwait for the gift my Father promised\u2014the Holy Spirit<\/strong>\u201c (Acts 1:4-5). Abraham waited for the promised son.\u00a0Moses waited forty years in the wilderness.\u00a0Jesus waited thirty years before he began his ministry.<\/p>\n

God instills seasons of silence in his plan.\u00a0Winter is needed for the soil to bear fruit.\u00a0Time is needed for the development of a crop.\u00a0And disciples wait for the move of God.\u00a0Wait for him to move, nudge, and direct you. This beautiful promise in Isaiah 30:21 where God says, \u201cThis is the way; walk in it.\u201d\u00a0It\u2019s nice to be led by a master. Won\u2019t you let your Master lead you?<\/p>\n

\"\"Read more\u00a0God’s Story, Your Story<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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To walk in the Spirit, respond to the promptings God gives you. Don\u2019t sense any nudging? Just be patient and wait. Jesus told the disciples, \u201cwait for the gift my Father promised\u2014the Holy Spirit\u201c (Acts 1:4-5). Abraham waited for the promised son. Moses waited forty years in the wilderness. Jesus waited thirty years before he began his ministry.<\/p>\n

God instills seasons of silence in his plan. Winter is needed for the soil to bear fruit. Time is needed for the development of a crop. And disciples wait for the move of God. Wait for him to move, nudge, and direct you. This beautiful promise in Isaiah 30:21 where God says, \u201cThis is the way; walk in it.\u201d It\u2019s nice to be led by a master. Won\u2019t you let your Master lead you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39020,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upwords"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39018"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39021,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39018\/revisions\/39021"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}