DATE: 30TH OF JULY, 2013 PREACHER: PASTOR MICHAEL BABATUNDE TOPIC: WAITING FOR DIVINE VISITATION TEXT: We all

do not like to wait, we prefer instant visitation, it is human nature. However it is in God's power to bring things in his own time. The principle of God is anything that is worthwhile is worth waiting for. There is evidence of such waiting and eventual outcomes in the Bible. Abraham was made to wait, there was a period of maturity. Manoah and his wife also had to wait before Samson came along, there are catalogues of people who had to wait and so if God tells you to wait you must hold steadfast and wait. God is not a man that he will lie, whatever he tells you will come to pass. God could also tell you to wait for something to happen, it could be difficult at times but it will still come, Acts1:4-5. Sometimes there are things that we have to let go so that we can receive the promise, we have to make sacrifices during our wait. You must have expectations so that you will be able to do extraordinary things. When Hannah went to Shiloh she had a yearning in herself, desiring among all what she wanted, she had waited for so long and God showed up for her. You must yearn and wait, God is too organised to just deliver what you want into your hands, you have to wait for your time. You must be ready to receive your blessings, be expectant and watch out for God's prophets because they are the carriers and bringers of God's promises. God will send his prophets to bring promises to tangibility, believe in God and also his prophets so that you will prosper. Do not take the aunction upon the prophet of God for granted but believe in it. During the time that you are expecting and waiting you must increase your worship temple. Your spirit must be alive to God and the only way to do that is through praise, you must be full of praise. The more you worship God the more fertile your spirit will become, John4:23-24. The eyes of the Lord is looking through the earth seeking who's heart is drawn towards him. You must also increase your spiritual capacity, wait on the Lord by praying and fasting. There are some solutions that do not come except through praying and fasting. When you keep praying you are putting a demand on God, what is happening in the natural is also happening in the spiritual. As you increase your spiritual capacity you move closer to heaven and you hasten the fulfilment of the promises towards you, Acts4:17. When

you increase your spiritual capacity, you evade things that will stain your spirit. There is no good thing that God will withhold from you.