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While You Wait

Going on from that place, he went into their synagogue, and a man with a shrivelled hand

was there. Looking for a reason to bring charges against Jesus, they asked him, “Is it lawful

to heal on the Sabbath?”

He said to them, “If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not

take hold of it and lift it out?    How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Therefore,

it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”

  Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So, he stretched it out and it was

completely restored, just as sound as the other. Matthew 12:9-13





Bible stories depict to us, that the synagogue was meant to be a place of prayer, a place of

worship, a calm place of connecting to God and a place of healing. However, over time, it

became less of these things.


There are many lessons that can be learnt from the bible passage above. However, today,

God wants us to focus on the topic: While You Wait.


Waiting can be painful. It can be difficult. It brings with it; anticipation, fear or faith, hope or

despair. Someone might be waiting for the good news from a child. Someone else might be

waiting for the phone call that ends the worry. Yet another might be waiting to get an

appointment. Someone again, might be waiting to have their prayers answered: healing,

marriage, reconciliation, children, the way forward, etc. We all perhaps have something we

are waiting for. The question for us today is: What really should we do while we wait?


In our bible reading today, we see a man with a withered hand waiting in the synagogue.

Nothing is said of his expectations. However, Jesus stepped in to help him and heal his

withered hand.


How does this relate to us today? you may ask. Sometimes, we wait on the system or the

government to fix our daily challenges. We wait to hear from the doctor, what next. We wait

for the government to execute their promises. We wait for things to happen according to the

order which has been set out by the system.


However, today, God wants you and I to know that while we wait, we shouldn’t be blind

sighted of His presence with us and His ability to step in and heal us completely. We can be

healed even while we wait. Jesus can heal you even right now.


Do you believe in Jesus and His miraculous power, then let Him in. You can ask Him to take

charge and heal you, and He will. Even while you wait to be seen, or while you go through

the process of medical intervention, Jeus can still perform a miracle. You can ask Him, Lord,

make this medication work one-time and effectively on me. Let there be no complications.

May I be miraculously healed beyond the expectations from the medicine, with no relapse.

Jesus, I trust you for a complete and total restoration even while I wait. Amen


If perhaps your wait doesn’t relate to healing, you can still trust God to step in and intervene

while you wait. He can reverse the outcome for a better outcome, He can accelerate the

process, He can create a new and appropriate model to match your prayers. He can step in.


The focus today is this: while you wait, put on the garment of faith. Have faith in God

completely. Remember that He is with you, and He can fix that ‘withered’ arm completely, faster and better than you anticipated. While you wait, ask Jesus. See Him and put your faith

to work. Jesus is with you. Amen


We pray for you today: Dear Jesus, we pray for your son and daughter reading this today. We thank you because You are with them even right now. Your word makes it clear to us in Deuteronomy chapter 31 verse 6 and Hebrews Chapter 13 verses 5 and 6 that You will never leave us. So we thank You because You are with us, your children even right now. As we go through this period of waiting, please strenghten us. Help us to hold on in faith. May we feel your presence with us. We ask that you step in and intervene in our unique circumstances and give us a miracle, so we can also share to the world of your mighty presence and work in our lives, in Jesus mighty name we pray, amen.

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