Psalm 27:14
“Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall
strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.”
All through God's Word we see Him teaching His people
patience. We see our Lord teaching us to wait for His timing in so many
different areas of our life today too. As we live in a fast paced world where
people have been trained to “take it now”. We are taught from an early age to
not wait for anything but rather to jump right in with both feet and take what
we want. Even the modern religionist teach a “name it and claim it” gospel.
A lack of patience has lead many to the false gospel of
salvation by works or the gospel of man's free will. A gospel in which man is
instructed to not wait on God's timing for our salvation but to pray a “sinners
prayer” and to “accept” Jesus today. All because man wants something so bad
that he is willing to go around God's true plan for salvation and to force God
to accept him. What foolishness!!!
God, in His Word tells His people over and over again to
wait for His time. God has a set plan and purpose for each of us. And even when
we try to force things to fit our will, God's will is still Sovereign and He
will only permit that which is His will.
Now this does not mean we are to sit back and do nothing
while we wait on the Lord. He has given us a mission. He has given us work to
do. We are still to be good stewards of what He has given us and we are still
to be about our Father's buisness. We can not be lazy or slack while we are
waiting for His answer or for His timing in a matter.
As the verse above states, “Wait on the Lord: be of good
courage, and he shall strengthen thy heart:”. If we will just wait on the Lord
and follow His lead in all things and at the same time continue in the work He
has given us how much more peace and joy would we have in this life?
Follow Christ in all things. Seek to please Him in all we
do. Remember, we are here for His purpose and not our own.
Praise ye the Lord!!!
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