-October 19, 2022-
Good morning happy Wednesday,
“Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; wait I say on the Lord.”
(Psalm 27:14).
Waiting on the Lord isn’t easy and requires a lot of patience, perseverance, and faith. But oh what great dividends it pays! God strengthens our hearts through the waiting, and when the answer or solution comes, there is great joy. The phrase wait on the Lord can be rendered, “Wait in faith on the Lord.” Sometimes God seems to work too slowly, and we want things to happen right away. But if God always worked right away our faith wouldn’t grow as it should nor would we appreciate His plan as fully.
God sees and knows all things that we can’t see or understand. Israel had to wait four hundred years to take possession of the land of Canaan. In Genesis 15:16, God told Abraham in giving him the promise of Canaan, “But in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.” God gave the people of Canaan so much time to repent, but they never did. Interestingly, there was a period of four hundred silent years between the OT and the NT where there was no revelation from God. Israel had to wander in the wilderness for forty years, and the Babylonian captivity lasted seventy years.
When we wait in faith, as difficult as it is, God strengthens our hearts to wait longer and with more faith. Our faith bank is increased so that the next time we must wait on the Lord we can wait even better and linger. Twice in our text we are told to wait on the Lord. As we have said before when God repeats something twice, it is very important. Godly waiting is never wasted time, in fact the waiting produces greater fruit in our lives than when God’s answer actually comes. Are you waiting on the Lord in faith for something today? Count yourself blessed for God has a reason and a plan unknown to woman or man.
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.” Eagles soar high above the earth illustrating how we must dwell above our circumstances; runners and walkers get a second wind to keep going to the finish line. God knows when to provide for us for the maximum benefit to our souls.
Let us renew our faith in waiting, knowing our heavenly Father knows best. May we wait in faith, patience, perseverance, and joy, knowing the answer from God is on the way. When the baby is born, the meal is cooked, or the home is ready to move into, we will appreciate and it so much more.
Have a blessed day waiting on on the Lord. Stay safe and healthy.
Waiting for God’s hand to fulfill His plan,
Dean
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