“Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.” - Psalm 27:14
We are often forced to be patient. Sitting in traffic, we bristle with impatience. Standing in line at the check-out counter we drum our fingers, hoping those “ahead of us” will get the message. And how patient are we when we have been put . . . “on hold?” Patience truly is a virtue that few of us have managed to master. But the few things I mentioned are really inconsequential. What do we do when wait for an answer from God?
There will be times in all our lives when we must be patient and wait for answers to the more perplexing questions and situations in our lives. At those times we need to put away our own selfish desires and await God’s input - God’s will for us.
The Hebrew word for courage, “châzaq,” can be interpreted as ‘fasten’ or ‘cleave to.’ We are to fasten ourselves or cleave to the Lord! And there is no greater way to do so than by trusting Him, having faith in Him, and fervently praying to Him. Pray earnestly for God’s will to be done . . . not ours. And with such prayer we are told that God shall strengthen our hearts. And not only our hearts, but our resolve.
“Wait on the Lord, and keep His way, and He shall exalt you to inherit the land; when the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.” - Psalm 37:34
We must ‘keep His way’, and we all know what the Lord’s way is. He has revealed it to us in His holy scripture. When we keep God’s way we glorify Him and is it not our highest goal to glorify the Lord?
“I waited patiently for the Lord; and He inclined to me, and heard my cry.” - Psalm 40:1. God is always faithful to us to hear our prayers when we come to Him humbly through the one mediator between man and God - Jesus Christ! But we must be patient and wait on the Lord. By doing so we can be assured that He will reveal His will for us.
When we are at a crossroad in our lives and our own resources fail us worrying won’t help us. Fretting over our next move freezes and immobilizes us, keeping us from making sound decisions. We must give our troubles to our heavenly Father - trust Him, have faith in Him, and pray to Him in our moments of uncertainty. Then and only then will we be able to say, “And it will be said in that day: ‘Behold, this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He will save us. This is the Lord; we have waited for Him; we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.’” - Isaiah 25:9
May our hearts always be strengthened by the Lord.
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