The price to pay for not waiting
We like to be in charge of our own lives. To be committed to God’s calling and to wait upon God challenges us because it requires that we put aside our present lifestyles and instead submit to Him.
If we do not wait on the Lord
We will find ourselves out of His will. "Apart from Me you can do nothing" (John 15:5).Our self - efforts, which are accomplished without God's leading, do not please Him.
We do not get His blessings.
Being outside His purpose delays His planned blessing. Divine reward is promised to those who believe in the Savior and are obedient to Him. (Ephesians 6:8) To obey requires that we wait on the Lord for both instruction and timing before responding.
It cost Moses his home in Egypt.
Our independent lifestyle can bring us unnecessary pain, can also cause others heartache and suffering. We may suffer loss in relationships, finances, and future opportunities.
Exodus 2:11 – 15
One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to where his own people were and watched them at their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people. Glancing this way and that and seeing no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. The next day he went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, "Why are you hitting your fellow Hebrew?" The man said, "Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian?" Then Moses was afraid and thought, "What I did must have become known." When Pharaoh heard of this, he tried to kill Moses, but Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in Midian, where he sat down by a well.
(Stops & Steps 0819 06I2009)