February 18, 2026
The communique is going to follow a new line of thought. It will be a follow-up on Sunday’s message with application and more information.
Message: Learning to Wait
Like change, waiting is not easy and is something we must learn. Waiting has a lot to do with knowing and trusting that God has your back. As a follower of Jesus Christ God never takes His eyes off of you, never forgets, and never tempts you to do wrong.
Not everything can take place immediately or in the short time frame we place on our request, want or need. Moses for example, was anointed by God from birth to be used by Him to accomplish great things for His people. The first forty years of his life were spent growing up the son of an Egyptian pharaoh and groomed to follow in his footsteps.
However his life took a sharp turn when he realized his people, the Hebrews were being abused. Taking matters into his own hands he killed and Egyptian task master who was beating a fellow Hebrew in an attempt to free his people. That resulted in a disaster. He was to be sought out and killed, so he fled Egypt and ended up in a barren wilderness tending sheep – for the next forty years. So much for being used by God.
Eighty years went by, well past retirement age with nothing to show for. All his education, abilities, strength, and faith produced nothing. It was in that humble state that God said; Okay Moses, now we can get started, at eighty years old!?
For forty years Moses waited for God’s perfect timing for Egypt and for the Moses’ proper attitude and total dependence on God. What did Moses learn through waiting? Now Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth. Numbers 12:3
God’s power is useful, safe, and affective in the hands of the humble. How do you achieve humility? Spend forty years in the desert. Someone once asked; ‘Why Moses had to spend forty years in the desert? Because God couldn’t do it in thirty-nine.
Are you waiting for God to answer a prayer or to be used by God in some way? Don’t whine, throw a fit or give up, recognize that God is working on your character as much as he is working to put all the other pieces in place to achieve the best outcome.
Don’t give up, you may be on the brink of a breakthrough.
Pr. Bob Snitzer
By the Way:
Today, 4:30 No Confirmation class. 6:30 Ash Wednesday communion service.
Sunday 22, 9:00 Morning worship. Sermon: Sweet Surrender
Past communiques and sermons can be read and heard on our website: www.pilotknob.org and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PilotKnobLutheran
Our service also airs on: KGLO 1300 AM at 10:00 AM, and KIOW 107.3 FM at 7:00 AM. Spread the word.
Isaiah 55:10-11 As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
