WAIT ON THE LORD!

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

WEDNESDAY JULY 10, 2024.

SUBJECT : WAIT ON THE LORD!

Memory verse: "Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord!” (Psalm 27 vs 14.)

READ: Psalm 37 vs 7; Lamentations 3 vs 24 - 26:

Psalm 37:7: Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.

Lamentation 3:24: “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul; “therefore I hope in Him!”

3:25: The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.

3:26; It is good that one should hope and wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.

INTIMATION:

Waiting on the Lord is patiently expecting God to come through to your request in prayer or to bring to pass His promise in the Scriptures after you have done your part of the covenant. We wait on the Lord to act; to deliver, to answer our prayers, to renew our strength, to do what only God can do. We wait on Him because He is God and we are not. As we wait on the Lord, He changes us and strengthens us. 

Waiting on God is not easy. Often it seems that He isn’t answering our prayers or doesn’t understand the urgency of our salvation. That kind of thinking implies that God is not in control or is not fair. But God it worth waiting for. Though one may experience the extremity of calamities, he must have faith that God is there, waiting to deliver the faithful. This is the legacy of Job who waited on the Lord throughout his calamities. In the end, God came to his rescue. 

David knew from experience what it meant to wait on the Lord. He had been anointed king at age 16 years but didn’t become king or ascend to his throne until he was 30 years. During the interim, he had been chased through the wilderness by jealous King Saul. He had to wait on God for the fulfillment of His promise to reign. Later after becoming king he was chased by his rebellious son, Absalom.

Though waiting for God to help us is not easy, but David patiently waited on the Lord and He came through to him. The Bible said of David, “I waited patiently for the Lord; and He inclined to me, and heard my cry. He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my steps. He has put a new song in my mouth—Praise to our God; many will see it and fear, and will trust in the Lord.” (Psalm 40 vs 1 - 3.) David received four benefits from waiting: (1) God lifted him out of his despair, (2) God set his feet on solid ground, (3) God established his steps (steadied him as he walked), and (4) God put a new song of praise in his mouth. Often blessings cannot be received unless we go through the trial of waiting.

Simply because a prayer is uttered, does not mean that God must immediately respond. When one waits for God’s answer to prayer, through faith he or she will be lifted from the quagmire of despondency and placed on a solid foundation. Worry, impatience, and envy are tools of the devil to ensnare the righteous. 

Those who would wait for God to work in their lives will not be disappointed. They will be able to accomplish things beyond their dreams, for God is able to work in the lives of those who walk by faith in Him. 

It is good for the faithful to put their requests before God in prayer and patiently wait for Him to answer. Prayer can release our tensions in times of emotional stress. Trusting God to be our rock, salvation, and defense will change our entire outlook on life. When we are resting in God’s strength, nothing can shake us. For instance, no longer must we be held captive by resentment toward others when they hurt us.

Waiting on God is good for us. If God acted immediately every time we cried to Him, we would be in control and not Him. We would call the shots, and we do not possess His wisdom. Having to wait causes us to learn to trust Him, to trust His timing. And God is faithful to the broken because He is compassionate. God is the fullness of all our desires. And because He is such, only in Him is there hope. 

Prayer: Abba Father, I will patiently wait on You in every area of my life because my help comes from You, O Lord, who made the heaven and the earth. In You I live, move, and have my being. Endue with the spirit of patience that I may not do anything outside of You. Your timing is perfect and Your help is the best thing that can happen to me. Anything You cannot do for me, let it remain undone, anything You cannot give me, may I never have it, in Jesus' Name I have prayed, Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!