Psalm 13: Where is God? How long until Jehovah acts? Jehovah’s promises to Abraham remind us that He has a plan and will keep His promises; but on His timetable. We can learn at least five lessons: 1) He’s doing what’s best for me; 2) He’s preparing me; 3) Keep seeking Him; 4) Keep trusting Him; and, 5) Be steadfast and love Him.

1. How Long?A Plan, Promises, & Patience
Psalm 13

2. So the sisters sent to him, saying,
“Lord, he whom you love is ill.”
John 11:3

3. “Lord, if you had been here,
my brother would not have died.”
John 11:21, 32

4. My tears have been my food day and night,
while they say to me all the day long,
“Where is your God?”
Psalms 42:3

5. “Where is
your God?”

6. How long, O Jehovah? Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?
How long must I take counsel in my soul
and have sorrow in my heart all the day?
How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
Psalms 13:1-2

7. “How Long,
O Jehovah?”

8. What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,
nor the heart of man imagined,
what God has prepared for those who love him
1 Corinthians 2:9-10

9. Jehovah’s Promises to Abraham
1. A Land
3. Bless All (—Jesus)
2. A Nation (—Son)
Abraham

10. Jehovah’s Promises to Abraham
2. A Nation (—Son)
25 YearsAbraham
How long?

11. Jehovah’s Promises to Abraham
1. A Land
25 Years > 400 YearsAbraham
How long?

12. Jehovah’s Promises to Abraham
3. Bless All (—Jesus)
25 Years ~2000 YearsAbraham > 400 Years
How long?

13. Jehovah’s Promises to Abraham
1. A Land
Abraham > 400 Years
So Abram went, as Jehovah had told him
Genesis 12:4

14. Jehovah’s Promises to Abraham
1. A Land
Abraham > 400 Years
So Abram went, as Jehovah had told him
Genesis 12:4

15. Jehovah’s Promises to Abraham
1. A Land
Abraham > 400 Years
O Jehovah God, how am I to know that I will possess it?
Genesis 15:8

16. By faith he went to live in the land of promise,
as in a foreign land
Hebrews 11:9
Jehovah’s Promises to Abraham
1. A Land
Abraham > 400 Years

17. Jehovah’s Promises to Abraham
1. A Land
Abraham > 400 Years
O Jehovah God, how am I to know that I will possess it?
Genesis 15:8

18. These all died in faith, not having received
the things promised
Hebrews 11:13
Jehovah’s Promises to Abraham
1. A Land
Abraham > 400 Years

19. Yet He gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot’s
length, but promised to give it to him as a possession and
to his offspring after him, though he had no child.
Acts 7:5
Jehovah’s Promises to Abraham
1. A Land
Abraham > 400 Years

20. To you I will give the land of Canaan as
your portion for an inheritance.
Psalm 105:11
Jehovah’s Promises to Abraham
1. A Land
Abraham > 400 Years

21. They despised the pleasant land, having
no faith in His promise.
Psalm 106:24
Jehovah’s Promises to Abraham
1. A Land
Abraham > 400 Years
WILDERNESS

22. Jehovah’s Promises to Abraham
1. A Land
Abraham > 400 Years
WILDERNESS

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TheKing'sHighwa
The Exodus
Traditional Route Great Sea
(Mediterranean)
Jordan
River
Salt
Sea
Lake
Timsah
Canal
Bitter
Lakes
Lake
Moeris
Gulf of
Suez
Gulf of
Akaba
Nile Delta
Wadi Tumilat
E G Y P T Mizraim
CANAAN
AMMON
MOAB
Wilderness
of Zin
Wilderness
of Shur
Wilderness
of Etham
Wilderness
of Paran
Wilderness of Sin Land of
Midian
Sinai
Peninsula
Goshen Mt. Hor
Mt. Sinai
EDOM
Punon
Hormah
Oboth
Kadesh-barnea
Ezion-geber
Hazeroth
Alush
Rephidim
Dophkah
Elim
Marah
Etham
Succoth
Avaris
Tanis Qantir
Memphis

24. N
S
EW
TheKing'sHighwa
The Exodus
Traditional Route Great Sea
(Mediterranean)
Jordan
River
Salt
Sea
Lake
Timsah
Canal
Bitter
Lakes
Lake
Moeris
Gulf of
Suez
Gulf of
Akaba
Nile Delta
Wadi Tumilat
E G Y P T Mizraim
CANAAN
AMMON
MOAB
Wilderness
of Zin
Wilderness
of Shur
Wilderness
of Etham
Wilderness
of Paran
Wilderness of Sin Land of
Midian
Sinai
Peninsula
Goshen Mt. Hor
Mt. Sinai
EDOM
Punon
Hormah
Oboth
Kadesh-barnea
Ezion-geber
Hazeroth
Alush
Rephidim
Dophkah
Elim
Marah
Etham
Succoth
Avaris
Tanis Qantir
Memphis
The
WILDERNESS
was planned!

25. Jehovah’s Promises to Abraham
1. A Land
3. Bless All (—Jesus)
2. A Nation (—Son)
~2000 YearsAbraham

26. Jehovah’s Promises & Plans

27. Jehovah’s Promises & Plans
He’s doing what’s best for me.
2 Peter 3:9

28. Jehovah’s Promises & Plans
He’s preparing me.
2 Corinthians 4:17-18

29. Jehovah’s Promises & Plans
Keep seeking Him.
Psalm 13:3-4

30. Jehovah’s Promises & Plans
Keep trusting Him.
Psalm 13:5-6

31. Jehovah’s Promises & Plans
Be steadfast and love Him.
James 1:12

32. Jehovah’s Promises & Plans
He’s doing what’s best for me.
2 Peter 3:9
Keep seeking Him.
Psalm 13:3-4
He’s preparing me.
2 Corinthians 4:17-18
Keep trusting Him.
Psalm 13:5-6
Be steadfast and love Him.
James 1:12

33. We implore you on
behalf of Christ,
be reconciled to God.
2 Corinthians 5:20

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36. A Table in the Wilderness
#01
How Long?
Psalm 13
Compiled and Presented by:
Dave Stewart
2019 July 28
www.1corinthians1614.com
Synopsis: Where is God? How long until Jehovah acts? Jehovah’s promises to Abraham remind us that
He has a plan and will keep His promises; but on His timetable. We can learn at least five lessons: 1) He’s
doing what’s best for me; 2) He’s preparing me; 3) Keep seeking Him; 4) Keep trusting Him; and, 5) Be
steadfast and love Him.
“Let all that you do be done with love.”
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