I waited patiently for the Lord;
he inclined to me and heard my cry.
2 He drew me up from the pit of destruction,
out of the miry bog,
and set my feet upon a rock,
making my steps secure.
3 He put a new song in my mouth,
a song of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear,
and put their trust in the Lord. —Psalm 40:1-3

Remember God Knows Your Situation

The Insight From The Text

1. God may delay His answer but he doesn’t deny us His presence.
2. He will hear our pleas and will act on His plan.

The Impact It Can Have For You

1. As you await God’s perfect plan, you can be comforted by the privilege of prayer.

Remember God Knows Your Limits

The Insight From The Text

1. God may allow situations of real risk, that happen unexpectedly, that are made worse by people or events you can’t control and that you can’t get out of on your own.
2. God will rescue you from those situations in His time, either practically or personally.

The Impact It Can Have For You

1. God knows your limits, and He will take you to the edge of your limits to grow your faith.

Remember God Knows What You Really Need

He put a new song in my mouth,
a song of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear,
and put their trust in the Lord. —Psalm 40:3

14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family[a] in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. —Ephesians 3:14-19

The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup;
you hold my lot. —Psalm 16:5

The Insight From The Text

1. David’s greatest gain was not the deliverance but the depth.

The Impact It Can Have For You

1. God often stops the outward to move the inward forward. This makes waiting good.

Remember God Knows The Hidden Audience

I waited patiently for the Lord;
he inclined to me and heard my cry.
2 He drew me up from the pit of destruction,
out of the miry bog,
and set my feet upon a rock,
making my steps secure.
3 He put a new song in my mouth,
a song of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear,
and put their trust in the Lord. —Psalm 40:1-3

In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted,
but you have given me an open ear.[a]
Burnt offering and sin offering
you have not required.
7 Then I said, “Behold, I have come;
in the scroll of the book it is written of me:
8 I delight to do your will, O my God;
your law is within my heart.” —Psalm 40:6-8

5 Consequently, when Christ[a] came into the world, he said,

“Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired,
but a body have you prepared for me;
6 in burnt offerings and sin offerings
you have taken no pleasure.
7 Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do your will, O God,
as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.’”

8 When he said above, “You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings” (these are offered according to the law), 9 then he added, “Behold, I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first in order to establish the second. 10 And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. —Hebrews 10:5-10

21 For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. —1 Peter 2:21

10 Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. —2 Timothy 2:10

The Insight From The Text

1. There are times when you may not be waiting or suffering for your benefit alone, but for others.

The Impact It Can Have On Your Life

1. Be faithful under trial. Someone’s future may depend on it.