The Verse of the Day

-October 18, 2020-

Good morning, happy Lord’s Day,

-Wait On The Lord And Be Of Good Courage-

“Wait on the Lord; and be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord!”

(Psalm 27:14).

One of best and most blessed things we as believers can do is wait on the Lord. It is far from easy but it yields results in our lives on earth and for all eternity. Twice in today’s verse David wrote, “Wait on the Lord.” The title of Psalm 27 is: An Exuberant Declaration of Faith. There is an absolute correlation between faith, patience, and waiting on the Lord. It takes faith to wait on the Lord, and as we wait on the Lord our faith grows and is strengthened, and we become more patient.

When something is mentioned twice in Scripture, it is very important. For example, Paul wrote in Philippians 4:4, “Rejoice in the Lord always, And again I will say, rejoice.” Waiting on the Lord is also connected to God’s will. When we pray God either answers yes, no, or wait. We often have to wait for God’s perfect timing. It seems we are always in a hurry but God is not. God waited over four hundred years to give Israel the Promised Land. God told Abraham back in Genesis 15:16, “But in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”

Waiting on the Lord takes courage and when we wait, God strengthens our hearts. God is our Father and we are His children. So often there is a greater joy in waiting before getting what we want than if God were give it to us right away.

Isaiah 40:31 says, “But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.” Training for the olympics takes a great deal of preparation, hard work, and effort. The Olympic Ideal is always faster, stronger, higher. The Christian Ideal is always faith, patience, and waiting.

Let us then wait on the Lord for His perfect will and timing. God will strengthen our hearts. Each time we wait on the Lord we get stronger and the Lord teaches us more about Himself and more about ourselves through it all. We may wait for a mate, for a child, for a job, for a home, for a car, or for any number of other things. God always has purpose for the wait, and He will never be late!

Have a blessed day waiting on the Lord. Stay safe and healthy.

Dean