The process prepares you for your purpose. If you ignore it, you risk missing your purpose. Stay focused. Trust God’s perfect timing and rely on it in all things.

Trusting the process means continuing even when the outcome is unclear, believing something new is coming. David, in Psalm 40, reflected on God’s goodness even in danger. He was promised kingship at 18 but received it at 30, showing the importance of waiting on God’s timing.

It is very important how we wait. Some wait with impatience. Waiting for the Lord is a skill. Sometimes we may misinterpret God’s response and become frustrated or depressed, but He will lift you out of despair and put you back on your path and give you stability.

People are watching your life. They are looking to see how you respond to your challenges. Set the example of what it is to follow and reflect the life of Christ. His character becomes our character.

Anointing and appointing are separate. Abraham and Moses both waited for their appointments. Everyone must embrace the process to fulfill their purpose.

How to trust in the process and wait as David:

1. You have to remember the promise. If you do not wait, you will begin making reactionary decisions and start to give up, forgetting what God has promised.

* Do not stop fighting and contending in your process. Do not dwell on and stew on what is not going right. The enemy will give you spiritual amnesia. He wants you to forget so that you lose sight of the new things and the help God has performed in your life. Do not forget. Sometimes we focus so much on the pain, we forget.

* The way you gain strength is to remember. You did not start this; God did.

* To be anointed is to be touched by God. Anointing is not appointing. You can be confident in trusting God because of God’s character. A promise is only as strong as the person who made the promise. God is making progress behind the scenes. We only have to trust and wait patiently.

* There is work to do in your waiting. The work is exercising your faith. Can you be faithful and finish the small things? Recognition comes from God, not man. God will not tell you when He will show up.

1. Steward the process

* There are moments of opportunity that will require you to be a good steward over. David went back and tended to the sheep after he was anointed. Going back to what you were tasked with after being anointed shows humility.

* Honor people who cannot help you or get you to the next level. Do not use people. Self-promotion is not necessary. Check your heart. Be kind. God will make your name great. God is watching to see how you treat others. Waiting does not mean that you are doing nothing. You must be active in the activities God has called you to in the moment. Take time to hear from God.

* You have to be content in the service God has placed you in right now. God is preparing you for what is next. It is not punishment, but preparation for a purpose.

2 Remain patient and brave.

* Anointing gets you from season to season. It gets you to have strength through the process.

* You must be patient in your waiting. Anointing is not a shortcut to the appointment of God. No one is an overnight success. Successful people do things consistently and not occasionally. You cannot be ready to give up when the promise does not come at your timing.

A TRUTH: The enemy is busy preparing to make attempts to destroy your life. If he can get a grip, he will take you out. Although we are blessed and highly favored, we will be tried. The Christian life is not without hard times. Our strength lies in the LORD. He is in control. Lean and depend on God when it does not feel good. He is not ignorant to what is happening in your life.

God loves you more than the call on your life. Do not give up. You are not on this journey alone.

Messenger: Pastor Steven Wilson

Scriptures: Psalm 40:1-3, Psalm 23:5, 1 Samuel 16:27