TEXT: PSALM 18:25-36
INTRODUCTION: The speed of something is the rate at which
it moves or travels. It is the rate at which something happens or is done. When
something is provided by (coming from) or relating to God, it is said to be divine. DIVINE SPEED therefor, is
speed (progress) that is provided by God, regulated (controlled) by God and
associated with God. When a child of God allows God to determine when and how
he “moves”, he is said to operate with divine speed. For maximum blessing, we
all must move with divine speed in 2014 and the rest of our life.
A. HIND’S FEET: This is a commonly-used phrase that
derives from the Bible, and it is used in the Holy Text to describe a person’s
ability to overcome a challenge that has been affecting them or worrying them
with ease and success (Ps.18:33). A hind is a female red deer. This kind of
deer is able to move easily and rapidly across the rocks and uneven terrain of
the mountains and mountainous landscape. It will leap from rocks without losing
footing, suggesting that those with hind’s feet are able to overcome things
easily, and elegantly. Thus the bible verse means that God has inspired his believers
and empowered them to overcome the obstacles which confront them, doing things
that would otherwise be difficult or impossible without divine aid.
Question: According to Psalms 18:33, who
secures our feet? Compare this with Proverbs 3:1-12.
B. DIVINE TIMING: The reason God likes to make us wait
from time to time is to not only test our faith in Him and to properly prepare
us for what He is making us wait for, but to also develop the fruit of patience and determination in
us. The fruit of patience is one of the 9 fruits of the Holy Spirit, and it is
one fruit that He loves to try and develop in all of us, especially in the
fast-pace world in which we all now live. This very valuable quality lines up
with God’s own character and how He likes to work things out. In His dealings
with us, God considers The Timing
Factor. It is very important when He will want to make something specific
happen.
Discuss: The following verses: Galatians 6:9; 1
Peter 5:6-7; Lamentation 3:25-26; Psalm 130:5-6; Psalm 145:1; Psalm 27:14;
Psalm 31:15; Psalm 62:1-2, 5-6; Psalm 39:7-8; Psalm 40:1-2; Psalm 37:34; Psalm
37:7; Psalm 25:5, 21; Habakkuk 2:2-3; Ecclesiastes 3:11, 17; Isaiah 8:17,
40:31; Proverbs 27:18; Titus 1:2-3; John 7:6; Mark 1:14-15; Acts 1:7; 1Tim.
6:14-15; 2Thessalonians 2:6-8.
As you can see from reading each one of these verses, God
does like to work on a specific set timetable – and even Jesus Himself had to
wait for God’s timing on some of the things He ended up doing. And not only did
Jesus, the apostles, and many in the old testament have to abide by God’s
specific timing on when He wanted them to do something, but there are verses
showing that God will still continue to run things according to His own set
timetable in the years ahead, including how He will work your life and when He
will want to make certain things happen in your life.
C. SPECIFIC EXAMPLES: Jesus Himself had to wait until He
was 30 years old before God baptized Him with the Holy Spirit and anointed Him
with His power to go on His three and half year miracle ministry before He went
to the cross to get all of us saved. Jesus had to wait again for 40 days before
He ascended to the Father after His resurrection from the grave. Moses was in
the back side of a desert for 40 years before when was sent in by God to rescue
the children of Israel from the Egyptians. The Israelites had to wait for 430
years before God delivered them from the Egyptians. David had wait for 13 years
before he became King of Israel. Abraham had to wait 25 years for the birth of his
son Isaac. Noah had to wait for 120 years from the time God told him to build
the ark until the time of the flood actually occurring. The apostles had to
wait 10 days after Jesus had ascended before they had received the Holy Spirit
in the upper room.
As you can see from these specific examples from the Bible,
God likes to make us wait for some of the major chess moves He will be making
in our lives.
MEMORY VERSE:
In God’s strength I can crush an
army; with my God I can scale any wall (Ps. 18:29 NLT)
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