Psalm 40:1-11
Fortune favors the bold. Just do it. God helps those who help themselves.
These proverbs are part of the American spirit. We are optimists, go-getters. We want to be leaders, to take charge and forge a path through our own personal wilderness.
That’s what makes the message of this Psalm so difficult. The author, King David, tells us to wait for the Lord. We wait to be saved.
In this sermon, we’ll examine the lives of three people who waited for God with varying degrees of success:
David, who waited for God to make him King
Abraham, who waited for God to give him a son
Jesus, who waited for God to raise him from the dead
How do their examples help us understand God’s mercy to us, that we must wait for God’s salvation instead of of taking charge.