Psalm 27:14, “Wait for the Lord; be strong and let your heart take courage; yes wait for the Lord.”
I believe there is an important lesson to be learned here in the area of waiting on the Lord. I look at the contrasts of lifes of King Saul and King David. Saul was a man that always took matters into his own hands, and royally messed things up which led God to anoint another, one that would wait on Him in the midst of battle, in the midst of pressured situations, to take courage in the time of waiting. A man after His own heart, a man like David, a simple shepherd. So did God choose Saul to mess things up royally on purpose? Absolutely not, but it was the foolishness of Sauls impatience that caused him to lose his inheritance as a King, to have the crown given to him passed to another. O if only Saul would have learned to wait on the Lord we might have seen and read about a different man.
But why does the Lord allow time and space in between the questions we ask, to give us an answer? How am I to avoid the foolishness of Saul and learn to meditate and muse on the Lord waiting patiently for His leading as David did? I believe we need to first look at the time and space between our questions as a time of filling our minds our hearts and our actions with an attitude of praise, learning to adorn Christ with first the praise and glory and honor He deserves. How could David speak so confidently about waiting on the Lord? Before he became a king we read of a boy, a young shepherd that defeated lions and bears, that would spend his nights in pitch black pastures, we read of a boy that defeated a giant without ever wavering in his faith, we read of a servant that defeated his tens of thousands, we read of a king that conquered nations, we read of a king whose heart was steadfast in the promises of the Lord.
Though far from being perfect was David, we read of a victorious man softened and refined in the times of waiting on the Lord; we see spiritual growth as we read and study his life. He gave the Lord his full and complete attention in the time of waiting for David knew that Gods favor last for a life time, though weeping may last night for the night a shout of joy comes in the morning. David knew that the Lord loves His godly ones and preserves the faithful. Can you confidently speak and say unwaveringly that the Lord is my shepherd I shall not want? It requires something more than a brief moment to think about, it requires your undivided attention, David saw that God wanted nothing more than his undivided attention in victory and out of victory, for where your heart is set, your life will follow after. For where your eyes see the finish line your feet will follow after. Be strong and let your heart take courage.
This verse can be broken down in to three key parts. One we need to focus our attention on God, two we need to take the focus and attention off of ourselves, because we are prone to look at the bad, and thirdly we need to constantly remind ourselves of our great God. If only we could get past ourselves we would find the glory of our Lord, if only we would let our heart take courage we would find ourselves standing on mount Nebo looking over into the promised land of where we would soon follow after. To know the faithfulness of the Lord, to let him have our heart and our insecurities by casting all our care and anxieties on Him is to have complete peace in any situation. Wait for the Lord be strong and let your heart take courage; yes wait on the Lord.
