The Lord is glad you asked. If you’ve determined that you need to wait on the Lord, it means you are desperate for something that requires His action or His direction.
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD. Ps. 27:14
You might think that waiting is passive. You sit back in your chair and wait for something to happen. And you don’t budge until it does. LOL. That’s not it at all. This verse is a command. It’s something you do. And what you’re waiting for is not for the circumstance to resolve itself. You are waiting on the Lord.
If you’re not sitting in a chair (probably paralyzed with fear, doubt and worry) waiting for something to happen, what are you doing? The verse says Wait on the Lord: be of good courage.
You are waiting on the Lord and not the circumstance, so you can be of good courage. It’s out of your control and in God’s hands. That means you are emotionally and spiritually free to get up and live your life normally—in anticipation of what God is going to do—with a new spring in your step, because you have found new strength. Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart.
Whatever your issue, turn it over to Jesus. He loves it when you rely on Him and not on yourself. When He comes through, you’ll have a testimony that includes “I waited, and He answered in this amazing way.”
David had a testimony like that. He said, I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. (Ps. 40:1-2)
Really? What was David waiting for? He wrote this while he was king of Israel, but his son was trying to overthrow him to be king in his place, and David (the dad, the king) became a wandering nomad—again. (Remember Saul chased him before David became king). David waited on God while he was on the move, and God provided all his needs (see 2 Sam 17) and restored his kingdom.
And so you too can wait on the Lord with anticipation. Waiting on God is trusting Him and His mercy to come through. Now jump out of that chair of fear and confusion and move along.
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD. Ps. 27:14
Jody
Note: You can tell where the Psalms fit in David’s life by looking at their placement in The Reese Chronological Bible.