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Pcain at 18:16, 23 November 2011

Pcain — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:16:53 GMT

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	Now let's look at an illustration of Israel when she did not do this.During Isaiah's day Israel was threatened by enemies like Assyria. During those times God sent the prophet with his word to tell Israel how he wanted them to respond to the threat. But one time Israel became impatient with God's timing. The danger was too close. The odds for success were too small. Isaiah 30:1–2 describes what Israel did in her impatience.		Now let's look at an illustration of Israel when she did not do this.During Isaiah's day Israel was threatened by enemies like Assyria. During those times God sent the prophet with his word to tell Israel how he wanted them to respond to the threat. But one time Israel became impatient with God's timing. The danger was too close. The odds for success were too small. Isaiah 30:1–2 describes what Israel did in her impatience.
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-	Woe to the rebellious children, says the Lord, who carry out a plan, but not mine; and who make a league, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin; who set out to go down to Egypt, without asking for my counsel, to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh, and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!	+	Woe to the rebellious children, says the Lord, who carry out a plan, but not mine; and who make a league, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin; who set out to go down to Egypt, without asking for my counsel, to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh, and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!
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	This is the opposite of waiting on the Lord. Israel became impatient. God had not delivered them from their enemy in the time or in the way that they had hoped, and patience ran out. They sent to Egypt for help. They made a plan and treaty, but they weren't God's. The key words are in verse 2: "They set out to go down to Egypt, WITHOUT ASKING FOR MY COUNSEL."		This is the opposite of waiting on the Lord. Israel became impatient. God had not delivered them from their enemy in the time or in the way that they had hoped, and patience ran out. They sent to Egypt for help. They made a plan and treaty, but they weren't God's. The key words are in verse 2: "They set out to go down to Egypt, WITHOUT ASKING FOR MY COUNSEL."

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	What should Israel have done? What should we do when we feel boxed in by obstacles and frustrations? The answer is given in verse 15 and verse 18.		What should Israel have done? What should we do when we feel boxed in by obstacles and frustrations? The answer is given in verse 15 and verse 18.
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		+	For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, "In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength."

-	~~For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, "In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength."~~ Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you; therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.	+	Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you; therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.
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	Here are two great promises this morning that should give you strong incentive to overcome the unbelief of impatience.		Here are two great promises this morning that should give you strong incentive to overcome the unbelief of impatience.

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	For additional study see the connection of faith/hope with patience in Romans 8:25; 12:12; 1 Thessalonians 1:3; Hebrews 6:12, 15; James 1:3; Revelation 13:10. For other texts on patience see Psalm 37:9; Lamentations 3:25–27; Luke 8:15; Romans 5:3; 1 Corinthians 13:4; Galatians 5:5, 22; Ephesians 4:1–2; Colossians 1:11; 1 Thessalonians 5:14; James 5:7–11; Job 1:21; Luke 2:25, 38; 2 Timothy 3:10. For God's patience see 2 Peter 3:9; Romans 2:4; 9:22; 1 Timothy 1:16; 1 Peter 3:20.		For additional study see the connection of faith/hope with patience in Romans 8:25; 12:12; 1 Thessalonians 1:3; Hebrews 6:12, 15; James 1:3; Revelation 13:10. For other texts on patience see Psalm 37:9; Lamentations 3:25–27; Luke 8:15; Romans 5:3; 1 Corinthians 13:4; Galatians 5:5, 22; Ephesians 4:1–2; Colossians 1:11; 1 Thessalonians 5:14; James 5:7–11; Job 1:21; Luke 2:25, 38; 2 Timothy 3:10. For God's patience see 2 Peter 3:9; Romans 2:4; 9:22; 1 Timothy 1:16; 1 Peter 3:20.
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JoyaTeemer at 21:22, 22 September 2008

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	For additional study see the connection of faith/hope with patience in Romans 8:25; 12:12; 1 Thessalonians 1:3; Hebrews 6:12, 15; James 1:3; Revelation 13:10. For other texts on patience see Psalm 37:9; Lamentations 3:25–27; Luke 8:15; Romans 5:3; 1 Corinthians 13:4; Galatians 5:5, 22; Ephesians 4:1–2; Colossians 1:11; 1 Thessalonians 5:14; James 5:7–11; Job 1:21; Luke 2:25, 38; 2 Timothy 3:10. For God's patience see 2 Peter 3:9; Romans 2:4; 9:22; 1 Timothy 1:16; 1 Peter 3:20.		For additional study see the connection of faith/hope with patience in Romans 8:25; 12:12; 1 Thessalonians 1:3; Hebrews 6:12, 15; James 1:3; Revelation 13:10. For other texts on patience see Psalm 37:9; Lamentations 3:25–27; Luke 8:15; Romans 5:3; 1 Corinthians 13:4; Galatians 5:5, 22; Ephesians 4:1–2; Colossians 1:11; 1 Thessalonians 5:14; James 5:7–11; Job 1:21; Luke 2:25, 38; 2 Timothy 3:10. For God's patience see 2 Peter 3:9; Romans 2:4; 9:22; 1 Timothy 1:16; 1 Peter 3:20.
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Bhkauflin at 17:12, 3 July 2008

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-	{{MasterHeader\|author=John Piper\|partnerurl=http://www.desiringgod.org\|partner=Desiring God \|other= \|mediatype=article\|lang=English\|editor=n/a\|translator=n/a\|levels=0\|reviewed= Not Reviewed\|newtitle=Battling the Unbelief of Impatience\|series=Battling Unbelief\|topic=Spiritual Growth\|subtopic=Sanctification & Growth\|month=November\|day=27\|year=1988}}<blockquote>'''Isaiah 30:1-5'''</blockquote> <blockquote>"Ah, stubborn children,” declares the LORD,<br>“who carry out a plan, but not mine,<br>and who make an alliance, but not of my Spirit,<br>that they may add sin to sin; <br>who set out to go down to Egypt,<br>without asking for my direction,<br>to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh<br>and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt! <br><br>Therefore shall the protection of Pharaoh turn to<br>your shame, and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt<br>to your humiliation. <br><br>For though his officials are at Zoan<br>and his envoys reach Hanes, <br>everyone comes to shame<br>through a people that cannot profit them,<br>that brings neither help nor profit,<br>but shame and disgrace.”<br></blockquote>	+	{{info}}<blockquote>'''Isaiah 30:1-5'''</blockquote> <blockquote>"Ah, stubborn children,” declares the LORD,<br>“who carry out a plan, but not mine,<br>and who make an alliance, but not of my Spirit,<br>that they may add sin to sin; <br>who set out to go down to Egypt,<br>without asking for my direction,<br>to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh<br>and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt! <br><br>Therefore shall the protection of Pharaoh turn to<br>your shame, and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt<br>to your humiliation. <br><br>For though his officials are at Zoan<br>and his envoys reach Hanes, <br>everyone comes to shame<br>through a people that cannot profit them,<br>that brings neither help nor profit,<br>but shame and disgrace.”<br></blockquote>
	'''In God's Place, at God's Pace'''		'''In God's Place, at God's Pace'''

Bhkauflin at 16:03, 20 June 2008

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-	{{MasterHeader\|author=John Piper\|partnerurl=http://www.desiringgod.org\|partner=Desiring God \|other= \|mediatype=article\|lang=English\|editor=n/a\|translator=n/a\|levels=0\|reviewed= Not Reviewed\|newtitle=Battling the Unbelief of Impatience\|series=~~Sermons 1988~~\|topic=Spiritual Growth\|subtopic=Sanctification & Growth\|month=November\|day=27\|year=1988}}<blockquote>'''Isaiah 30:1-5'''</blockquote>	+	{{MasterHeader\|author=John Piper\|partnerurl=http://www.desiringgod.org\|partner=Desiring God \|other= \|mediatype=article\|lang=English\|editor=n/a\|translator=n/a\|levels=0\|reviewed= Not Reviewed\|newtitle=Battling the Unbelief of Impatience\|series=Battling Unbelief\|topic=Spiritual Growth\|subtopic=Sanctification & Growth\|month=November\|day=27\|year=1988}}<blockquote>'''Isaiah 30:1-5'''</blockquote> <blockquote>"Ah, stubborn children,” declares the LORD,<br>“who carry out a plan, but not mine,<br>and who make an alliance, but not of my Spirit,<br>that they may add sin to sin; <br>who set out to go down to Egypt,<br>without asking for my direction,<br>to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh<br>and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt! <br><br>Therefore shall the protection of Pharaoh turn to<br>your shame, and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt<br>to your humiliation. <br><br>For though his officials are at Zoan<br>and his envoys reach Hanes, <br>everyone comes to shame<br>through a people that cannot profit them,<br>that brings neither help nor profit,<br>but shame and disgrace.”<br></blockquote>
-	<blockquote>"Ah, stubborn children,” declares the LORD,<br>“who carry out a plan, but not mine,<br>and who make an alliance, but not of my Spirit,<br>that they may add sin to sin; <br>who set out to go down to Egypt,<br>without asking for my direction,<br>to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh<br>and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt! <br><br>Therefore shall the protection of Pharaoh turn to<br>your shame, and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt<br>to your humiliation. <br><br>For though his officials are at Zoan<br>and his envoys reach Hanes, <br>everyone comes to shame<br>through a people that cannot profit them,<br>that brings neither help nor profit,<br>but shame and disgrace.”<br></blockquote>	+
	'''In God's Place, at God's Pace'''		'''In God's Place, at God's Pace'''

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-	{{MasterHeader\|author=John Piper\|partnerurl=http://www.desiringgod.org\|partner=Desiring God \|other= \|mediatype=article\|lang=English\|editor=n/a\|translator=n/a\|levels=0\|reviewed= Not Reviewed\|newtitle=Battling the Unbelief of Impatience\|series=Sermons 1988\|topic=Spiritual Growth\|subtopic=Sanctification & Growth\|month=November\|day=27\|year=1988}}'''~~   ~~ Isaiah 30:1-5'''	+	{{MasterHeader\|author=John Piper\|partnerurl=http://www.desiringgod.org\|partner=Desiring God \|other= \|mediatype=article\|lang=English\|editor=n/a\|translator=n/a\|levels=0\|reviewed= Not Reviewed\|newtitle=Battling the Unbelief of Impatience\|series=Sermons 1988\|topic=Spiritual Growth\|subtopic=Sanctification & Growth\|month=November\|day=27\|year=1988}}<blockquote>'''Isaiah 30:1-5'''</blockquote>
	<blockquote>"Ah, stubborn children,” declares the LORD,<br>“who carry out a plan, but not mine,<br>and who make an alliance, but not of my Spirit,<br>that they may add sin to sin; <br>who set out to go down to Egypt,<br>without asking for my direction,<br>to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh<br>and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt! <br><br>Therefore shall the protection of Pharaoh turn to<br>your shame, and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt<br>to your humiliation. <br><br>For though his officials are at Zoan<br>and his envoys reach Hanes, <br>everyone comes to shame<br>through a people that cannot profit them,<br>that brings neither help nor profit,<br>but shame and disgrace.”<br></blockquote>		<blockquote>"Ah, stubborn children,” declares the LORD,<br>“who carry out a plan, but not mine,<br>and who make an alliance, but not of my Spirit,<br>that they may add sin to sin; <br>who set out to go down to Egypt,<br>without asking for my direction,<br>to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh<br>and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt! <br><br>Therefore shall the protection of Pharaoh turn to<br>your shame, and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt<br>to your humiliation. <br><br>For though his officials are at Zoan<br>and his envoys reach Hanes, <br>everyone comes to shame<br>through a people that cannot profit them,<br>that brings neither help nor profit,<br>but shame and disgrace.”<br></blockquote>
	'''In God's Place, at God's Pace'''		'''In God's Place, at God's Pace'''

Bhkauflin at 15:38, 16 June 2008

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-	{{MasterHeader\|author=John Piper\|partnerurl=http://www.desiringgod.org\|partner=Desiring God \|other= \|mediatype=article\|lang=English\|editor=n/a\|translator=n/a\|levels=0\|reviewed= Not Reviewed\|newtitle=Battling the Unbelief of Impatience\|series=Sermons 1988\|topic=Spiritual Growth\|subtopic=Sanctification & Growth\|month=November\|day=27\|year=1988}}'''Isaiah 30:1-5'''	+	{{MasterHeader\|author=John Piper\|partnerurl=http://www.desiringgod.org\|partner=Desiring God \|other= \|mediatype=article\|lang=English\|editor=n/a\|translator=n/a\|levels=0\|reviewed= Not Reviewed\|newtitle=Battling the Unbelief of Impatience\|series=Sermons 1988\|topic=Spiritual Growth\|subtopic=Sanctification & Growth\|month=November\|day=27\|year=1988}}'''    Isaiah 30:1-5'''
	<blockquote>"Ah, stubborn children,” declares the LORD,<br>“who carry out a plan, but not mine,<br>and who make an alliance, but not of my Spirit,<br>that they may add sin to sin; <br>who set out to go down to Egypt,<br>without asking for my direction,<br>to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh<br>and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt! <br><br>Therefore shall the protection of Pharaoh turn to<br>your shame, and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt<br>to your humiliation. <br><br>For though his officials are at Zoan<br>and his envoys reach Hanes, <br>everyone comes to shame<br>through a people that cannot profit them,<br>that brings neither help nor profit,<br>but shame and disgrace.”<br></blockquote>		<blockquote>"Ah, stubborn children,” declares the LORD,<br>“who carry out a plan, but not mine,<br>and who make an alliance, but not of my Spirit,<br>that they may add sin to sin; <br>who set out to go down to Egypt,<br>without asking for my direction,<br>to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh<br>and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt! <br><br>Therefore shall the protection of Pharaoh turn to<br>your shame, and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt<br>to your humiliation. <br><br>For though his officials are at Zoan<br>and his envoys reach Hanes, <br>everyone comes to shame<br>through a people that cannot profit them,<br>that brings neither help nor profit,<br>but shame and disgrace.”<br></blockquote>
	'''In God's Place, at God's Pace'''		'''In God's Place, at God's Pace'''

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-	{{MasterHeader\|author=John Piper\|partnerurl=http://www.desiringgod.org\|partner=Desiring God~~\|date=27 November 1988~~\|other=~~\|series=\|categorytopic= Sanctification & Growth~~ \|mediatype=article\|lang=English\|editor=n/a\|translator=n/a\|levels=0\|reviewed= Not Reviewed\|newtitle=Battling the Unbelief of Impatience}}'''~~ ~~Isaiah 30:1-5'''	+	{{MasterHeader\|author=John Piper\|partnerurl=http://www.desiringgod.org\|partner=Desiring God \|other= \|mediatype=article\|lang=English\|editor=n/a\|translator=n/a\|levels=0\|reviewed= Not Reviewed\|newtitle=Battling the Unbelief of Impatience\|series=Sermons 1988\|topic=Spiritual Growth\|subtopic=Sanctification & Growth\|month=November\|day=27\|year=1988}}'''Isaiah 30:1-5'''
	<blockquote>"Ah, stubborn children,” declares the LORD,<br>“who carry out a plan, but not mine,<br>and who make an alliance, but not of my Spirit,<br>that they may add sin to sin; <br>who set out to go down to Egypt,<br>without asking for my direction,<br>to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh<br>and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt! <br><br>Therefore shall the protection of Pharaoh turn to<br>your shame, and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt<br>to your humiliation. <br><br>For though his officials are at Zoan<br>and his envoys reach Hanes, <br>everyone comes to shame<br>through a people that cannot profit them,<br>that brings neither help nor profit,<br>but shame and disgrace.”<br></blockquote>		<blockquote>"Ah, stubborn children,” declares the LORD,<br>“who carry out a plan, but not mine,<br>and who make an alliance, but not of my Spirit,<br>that they may add sin to sin; <br>who set out to go down to Egypt,<br>without asking for my direction,<br>to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh<br>and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt! <br><br>Therefore shall the protection of Pharaoh turn to<br>your shame, and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt<br>to your humiliation. <br><br>For though his officials are at Zoan<br>and his envoys reach Hanes, <br>everyone comes to shame<br>through a people that cannot profit them,<br>that brings neither help nor profit,<br>but shame and disgrace.”<br></blockquote>
	'''In God's Place, at God's Pace'''		'''In God's Place, at God's Pace'''

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	This is the way you battle the unbelief of impatience. You preach to your soul with warnings and promises. You say, Look what happened to Israel when they acted impatiently and went to Egypt for help instead of waiting for God. They were shamed and humiliated. And then you say to your soul: but look what God promises to us if we will rest in him and be quiet and trusting. He will make us strong and save us. He says he will bless us if we wait patiently for him.		This is the way you battle the unbelief of impatience. You preach to your soul with warnings and promises. You say, Look what happened to Israel when they acted impatiently and went to Egypt for help instead of waiting for God. They were shamed and humiliated. And then you say to your soul: but look what God promises to us if we will rest in him and be quiet and trusting. He will make us strong and save us. He says he will bless us if we wait patiently for him.
-	~~<blockquote>~~Then you might use the promise in Isaiah 49:23, </blockquote>~~<blockquote>~~	+
-	Those who wait for me shall not be put to shame.	+	Then you might use the promise in Isaiah 49:23,
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	And then Isaiah 64:4,		And then Isaiah 64:4,
-	~~</blockquote>~~<blockquote>No eye has seen a God besides thee, who works for those who wait for him. </~~blockquote><~~blockquote>	+	<blockquote>No eye has seen a God besides thee, who works for those who wait for him. </blockquote>
	And finally 40:31,		And finally 40:31,
-	~~</blockquote>~~<blockquote>Those who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.</blockquote>~~<blockquote>~~So you battle the unbelief of impatience by using the promises of God to persuade your heart that God's timing and God's guidance and God's sovereignty are going to take this frustrated, boxed in, unproductive situation and make something eternally valuable out of it. There will come a blessing, a strength, a vindication, a mounting up with wings like eagles.~~</blockquote>~~	+	<blockquote>Those who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.</blockquote>
		+	So you battle the unbelief of impatience by using the promises of God to persuade your heart that God's timing and God's guidance and God's sovereignty are going to take this frustrated, boxed in, unproductive situation and make something eternally valuable out of it. There will come a blessing, a strength, a vindication, a mounting up with wings like eagles.
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	'''Charles Simeon's Patient Endurance'''		'''Charles Simeon's Patient Endurance'''

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	And so I urge you in the words of Hebrews 6:12, "Be imitators of" Charles Simeon and of all "those who through faith and patience inherit the promises."		And so I urge you in the words of Hebrews 6:12, "Be imitators of" Charles Simeon and of all "those who through faith and patience inherit the promises."

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	For additional study see the connection of faith/hope with patience in Romans 8:25; 12:12; 1 Thessalonians 1:3; Hebrews 6:12, 15; James 1:3; Revelation 13:10. For other texts on patience see Psalm 37:9; Lamentations 3:25–27; Luke 8:15; Romans 5:3; 1 Corinthians 13:4; Galatians 5:5, 22; Ephesians 4:1–2; Colossians 1:11; 1 Thessalonians 5:14; James 5:7–11; Job 1:21; Luke 2:25, 38; 2 Timothy 3:10. For God's patience see 2 Peter 3:9; Romans 2:4; 9:22; 1 Timothy 1:16; 1 Peter 3:20.		For additional study see the connection of faith/hope with patience in Romans 8:25; 12:12; 1 Thessalonians 1:3; Hebrews 6:12, 15; James 1:3; Revelation 13:10. For other texts on patience see Psalm 37:9; Lamentations 3:25–27; Luke 8:15; Romans 5:3; 1 Corinthians 13:4; Galatians 5:5, 22; Ephesians 4:1–2; Colossians 1:11; 1 Thessalonians 5:14; James 5:7–11; Job 1:21; Luke 2:25, 38; 2 Timothy 3:10. For God's patience see 2 Peter 3:9; Romans 2:4; 9:22; 1 Timothy 1:16; 1 Peter 3:20.
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	{{MasterHeader\|author=John Piper\|partnerurl=http://www.desiringgod.org\|partner=Desiring God\|date=27 November 1988\|other=\|series=\|categorytopic= Sanctification & Growth \|mediatype=article\|lang=English\|editor=n/a\|translator=n/a\|levels=0\|reviewed= Not Reviewed\|newtitle=Battling the Unbelief of Impatience}}''' Isaiah 30:1-5'''		{{MasterHeader\|author=John Piper\|partnerurl=http://www.desiringgod.org\|partner=Desiring God\|date=27 November 1988\|other=\|series=\|categorytopic= Sanctification & Growth \|mediatype=article\|lang=English\|editor=n/a\|translator=n/a\|levels=0\|reviewed= Not Reviewed\|newtitle=Battling the Unbelief of Impatience}}''' Isaiah 30:1-5'''
-	<blockquote>"Ah, stubborn children,” declares the LORD,<br>“who carry out a plan, but not mine,<br>and who make an alliance, but not of my Spirit,<br>that they may add sin to sin; <br>who set out to go down to Egypt,<br>without asking for my direction,<br>to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh<br>and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt! Therefore shall the protection of Pharaoh turn to your shame, and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt to your humiliation. For though his officials are at Zoan<br>and his envoys reach Hanes, <br>everyone comes to shame<br>through a people that cannot profit them,<br>that brings neither help nor profit,<br>but shame and disgrace.”<br></blockquote>	+	<blockquote>"Ah, stubborn children,” declares the LORD,<br>“who carry out a plan, but not mine,<br>and who make an alliance, but not of my Spirit,<br>that they may add sin to sin; <br>who set out to go down to Egypt,<br>without asking for my direction,<br>to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh<br>and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt! <br><br>Therefore shall the protection of Pharaoh turn to<br>your shame, and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt<br>to your humiliation. <br><br>For though his officials are at Zoan<br>and his envoys reach Hanes, <br>everyone comes to shame<br>through a people that cannot profit them,<br>that brings neither help nor profit,<br>but shame and disgrace.”<br></blockquote>
	'''In God's Place, at God's Pace'''		'''In God's Place, at God's Pace'''

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	When the way you planned to run your day, or the way you planned to live your life is cut off or slowed down, the unbelief of impatience tempts you in two directions, depending partly on your personality partly on circumstances:		When the way you planned to run your day, or the way you planned to live your life is cut off or slowed down, the unbelief of impatience tempts you in two directions, depending partly on your personality partly on circumstances:
		+	<blockquote>1. On the one side, it tempts you to give up, bail out. If there's going to be frustration and opposition and difficulty, then I'll just forget it. I won't keep this job, or take this challenge, rear this child, or stay in this marriage, or live this life. That's one way the unbelief of impatience tempts you. Give up. <br>2. On the other side, impatience tempts you to make rash counter moves against the obstacles in your way. It tempts you to be impetuous or hasty or impulsive or reckless. If you don't turn your car around and go home, you rush into some ill-advised detour to try to beat the system. </blockquote>
		+	Whichever way you have to battle impatience, the main point today is that it's a battle against unbelief and therefore it's not merely a personality issue. It's the issue of whether you live by faith and whether you inherit the promises of eternal life. Listen to these verses to sense how vital this battle is:

-	~~1. On the one side, it tempts~~ you ~~to give up, bail out~~. ~~If there's going to be frustration~~ and ~~opposition~~ and ~~difficulty~~, ~~then I'll just forget it. I won't keep this job, or take this challenge, rear this child, or stay in this marriage, or live this~~ life. ~~That's one way the unbelief of impatience tempts you. Give up. <br>2. On the other side, impatience tempts you to make rash counter moves against the obstacles in your way. It tempts you to~~ be impetuous or hasty or impulsive or reckless. If you don't turn your car around and go home, you rush into some ill-advised detour to try to beat the system. <br>Whichever way you have to battle impatience, the main point today is that it's a battle against unbelief and therefore it's not merely a personality issue. It's the issue of ~~whether you live by~~ faith and ~~whether you~~ inherit the promises ~~of eternal life~~. ~~Listen to these verses to sense how vital this battle is:~~	+	*Luke 21:19—"By your endurance [patience] you will gain your lives."
		+	*Romans 2:7—"To those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, God will give eternal life."
		+	*Hebrews 6:12—"Do not be sluggish but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises."

-	Luke 21:19—"By your endurance [patience] you will gain your lives." <br>Romans 2:7—"To those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, God will give eternal life." <br>Hebrews 6:12—"Do not be sluggish but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises." <br>Patience in doing the will of God is not an optional virtue in the Christian life. And the reason it's not is because faith is not an optional virtue. Patience in well-doing is the fruit of faith. And impatience is the fruit of unbelief. And so the battle against impatience is a battle against unbelief. And so the chief weapon is the Word of God, especially his promises.	+	Patience in doing the will of God is not an optional virtue in the Christian life. And the reason it's not is because faith is not an optional virtue. Patience in well-doing is the fruit of faith. And impatience is the fruit of unbelief. And so the battle against impatience is a battle against unbelief. And so the chief weapon is the Word of God, especially his promises.

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	For additional study see the connection of faith/hope with patience in Romans 8:25; 12:12; 1 Thessalonians 1:3; Hebrews 6:12, 15; James 1:3; Revelation 13:10. For other texts on patience see Psalm 37:9; Lamentations 3:25–27; Luke 8:15; Romans 5:3; 1 Corinthians 13:4; Galatians 5:5, 22; Ephesians 4:1–2; Colossians 1:11; 1 Thessalonians 5:14; James 5:7–11; Job 1:21; Luke 2:25, 38; 2 Timothy 3:10. For God's patience see 2 Peter 3:9; Romans 2:4; 9:22; 1 Timothy 1:16; 1 Peter 3:20.		For additional study see the connection of faith/hope with patience in Romans 8:25; 12:12; 1 Thessalonians 1:3; Hebrews 6:12, 15; James 1:3; Revelation 13:10. For other texts on patience see Psalm 37:9; Lamentations 3:25–27; Luke 8:15; Romans 5:3; 1 Corinthians 13:4; Galatians 5:5, 22; Ephesians 4:1–2; Colossians 1:11; 1 Thessalonians 5:14; James 5:7–11; Job 1:21; Luke 2:25, 38; 2 Timothy 3:10. For God's patience see 2 Peter 3:9; Romans 2:4; 9:22; 1 Timothy 1:16; 1 Peter 3:20.
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	</blockquote><blockquote>No eye has seen a God besides thee, who works for those who wait for him. </blockquote><blockquote>		</blockquote><blockquote>No eye has seen a God besides thee, who works for those who wait for him. </blockquote><blockquote>
	And finally 40:31,		And finally 40:31,
-	</blockquote><blockquote>Those who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.</blockquote><blockquote>So you battle the unbelief of impatience by using the promises of God to persuade your heart that God's timing and God's guidance and God's sovereignty are going to take this frustrated, boxed in, unproductive situation and make something eternally valuable out of it. There will come a blessing, a strength, a vindication, a mounting up with wings like eagles.</blockquote>~~<blockquote>~~'''Charles Simeon's Patient Endurance'''~~</blockquote><blockquote>~~Let me close with an illustration of a man who lived and died in successful warfare against the unbelief of impatience. His name was Charles Simeon. He was a pastor in the Church of England from 1782 to 1836 at Trinity Church in Cambridge. He was appointed to his church by a bishop against the will of the people. They opposed him not because he was a bad preacher but because he was an evangelical—he believed the Bible and called for conversion and holiness and world missions. ~~</blockquote>~~	+	</blockquote><blockquote>Those who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.</blockquote><blockquote>So you battle the unbelief of impatience by using the promises of God to persuade your heart that God's timing and God's guidance and God's sovereignty are going to take this frustrated, boxed in, unproductive situation and make something eternally valuable out of it. There will come a blessing, a strength, a vindication, a mounting up with wings like eagles.</blockquote>
		+	'''Charles Simeon's Patient Endurance'''
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		+	Let me close with an illustration of a man who lived and died in successful warfare against the unbelief of impatience. His name was Charles Simeon. He was a pastor in the Church of England from 1782 to 1836 at Trinity Church in Cambridge. He was appointed to his church by a bishop against the will of the people. They opposed him not because he was a bad preacher but because he was an evangelical—he believed the Bible and called for conversion and holiness and world missions.
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	For 12 years the people refused to let him give the afternoon Sunday sermon. And during that time they boycotted the Sunday morning service and locked their pews so that no one could sit in them. He preached to people in the aisles for 12 years! How did he last?		For 12 years the people refused to let him give the afternoon Sunday sermon. And during that time they boycotted the Sunday morning service and locked their pews so that no one could sit in them. He preached to people in the aisles for 12 years! How did he last?
	<blockquote>In this state of things I saw no remedy but faith and patience. [Note the linking of faith and patience!] The passage of Scripture which subdued and controlled my mind was this, "The servant of the Lord must not strive." [Note: The weapon in the fight for faith and patience was the Word!] It was painful indeed to see the church, with the exception of the aisles, almost forsaken; but I thought that if God would only give a double blessing to the congregation that did attend, there would on the whole be as much good done as if the congregation were doubled and the blessing limited to only half the amount. This comforted me many, many times, when without such a reflection, I should have sunk under my burthen. (''Charles Simeon'', by H.C.G. Moule, p. 39) </blockquote>		<blockquote>In this state of things I saw no remedy but faith and patience. [Note the linking of faith and patience!] The passage of Scripture which subdued and controlled my mind was this, "The servant of the Lord must not strive." [Note: The weapon in the fight for faith and patience was the Word!] It was painful indeed to see the church, with the exception of the aisles, almost forsaken; but I thought that if God would only give a double blessing to the congregation that did attend, there would on the whole be as much good done as if the congregation were doubled and the blessing limited to only half the amount. This comforted me many, many times, when without such a reflection, I should have sunk under my burthen. (''Charles Simeon'', by H.C.G. Moule, p. 39) </blockquote>