Psalms 37:7 I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry.
Psalm 62:5-8 My soul, wait in silence for God only, For my hope is from Him. 6 He only is my rock and my salvation, My stronghold; I shall not be shaken. 7 On God my salvation and my glory rest; The rock of my strength, my refuge is in God. 8 Trust in Him at all times, O people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah.
Lamentations 3:25 The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, To the person who seeks Him.
MESSAGE
Waiting involves an expectation of something special. Waiting means anticipation, expectation, confident hope in something that will take place .The ability to wait on the Lord stems from being confident and focused on who God is and in what God is doing. It means confidence in God’s person: confidence in His wisdom, love, timing, understanding of our situation and that of the world. It means knowing and trusting in God’s principles, promises, purposes, and power. Waiting means resting in God’s timing and activity while taking care of our responsibilities—the things we can do and should do as set forth in the Word of God.
Waiting for the Lord includes keeping His way or doing what is right. It involves us in positive actions, but biblical actions of faith in God’s goodness and provision according to His promises and His timing Lamentations 3:25 The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, To the person who seeks Him. On the one hand we are to rest and be still. To wait on the Lord means to learn contentment with His provision and timing in any given situation through fellowship with God—knowing Him, clinging to Him, and trusting Him.
Psalm 62:5-8 My soul, wait in silence for God only, For my hope is from Him. 6 He only is my rock and my salvation, My stronghold; I shall not be shaken. 7 On God my salvation and my glory rest; The rock of my strength, my refuge is in God. 8 Trust in Him at all times, O people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah.
Isaiah 8:17 I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust look unto, hope in him.
But waiting on the Lord also means doing the things we can and should without panic or running ahead of Him. Waiting Involves Learning to be
Content with God’s Provision and Timing
To wait on the Lord means to be content and patient because we are clinging to God and resting in His love and wisdom. This element of waiting, however, is the most difficult aspect of all for two reasons.
(1) Contentment and patience are difficult because they are so contrary to fallen humanity and how we naturally think even after we are regenerated by the Spirit of God. It takes constant renewal in the Word, fellowship with the Lord, and growth through struggle to change.
(2) Contentment and patience fly directly in the face of the cunning delusion Satan constantly seeks to pass off on the human race, namely, that man does not need God and can find security, satisfaction, and significance apart from the Lord through his own solutions and human wisdom.
To wait on the Lord means learning to be content and patient as we cling to God in a fallen world and rest in His love and wisdom. Key to this is knowing that someday we will be in a perfect world that is everything this world is not.
Waiting on the Lord means learning to have a single and consistent focus on God as the source of life because of all that He is as God—holy, just, sovereign, good, righteous, merciful, gracious, loving, all-powerful, all-knowing, all-wise, infinite, truth, and eternality.
As such, He has revealed Himself as El Shaddai, “Almighty God,” as El Elyon, “God Most High,” as Jehovah Jireh, “the Lord will provide,” and as Jehovah -Tsidkenu, “the Lord our righteousness,”
(1) Are you in an impossible situation? Do things seem out of control? Then wait on God as the Almighty and as God Most High, the Sovereign One.
(2) Are you facing a problem of need? Then wait on the Lord as the One who will provide, but be careful to wait according to His timing and purposes.
(3) Do you lack assurance of your salvation, or are you facing feelings of guilt or insignificance? Then wait on the Lord as your righteousness, the source of significance through His provision in Christ.
Isaiah 40:31 Yet those who wait for the LORD Will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary.
Then there are three specific promises:
(1) “They will mount up with wings like eagles.” This would seem to point to the ability to rise above the problems of one’s life through one’s heavenly experience or relationship with the Lord by waiting on Him.
(2) “They will run and not get tired.” The analogy to running because of the stress involved would look at the strength God gives to handle particularly stressful situations that come up in life. The tougher the situation, the more we need to draw on the Lord and literally cling to Him.
(3) “They will walk and not become weary.” Walking portrays our everyday life with all of its daily and often humdrum activities or routines. Even when things aren’t particularly stressful, we still need to wait on the Lord.
Revelation 14:12This means that God’s holy people must endure persecution patiently, obeying his commands and maintaining their faith in Jesus.
Finally Brethren, Be patient just like the farmer waits patiently for the land to yield its valuable harvest and how patient he is for the autumn and spring rains. You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord's word never go back to him void and is ‘’Yea and Amen’’
May The LORD give us the patience and endurance to be able to wait for His provision ,blessing and promises in JESUS NAME. Amen.
