Psalms 27:14 (NIV1984)
Wait for the Lord;
be strong and take heart
and wait for the Lord.
The concept of waiting is foreign to us by nature. Have you ever observed a hungry baby "wait" patiently while their mother or father prepares they meal? We would like to think the problems surrounding our impatience is driven by the modern society, but the truth be told, society's proliferation with impatience is feed by our nature, not the reverse. We have a society that demands it now because our nature has been doing that from the beginning. God told Adam and Eve to not touch the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and they would be blessed. That called upon patience on their behalf. But, they couldn't wait and Satan tempted them into consuming immediately ONCE what they could have had in abundance forever if they would have waited. In the above verse we see David expressing to himself and others the need to "wait" upon The Lord. In the verse immediately before this one we read that David had "confidence" in The Lord. Confidence gives way, or, better, breads waiting. When we know we can trust someone we can waif for them to act. When we know that God can do this or that there is an added motivation to allow Him to act in His timing rather than ours. It is when we forget His strength and power that we fail to wait and want to take matters into our own hands. Waiting is less about "marking time" and more about "believing and focusing upon God as the resource". When we take inventory of God's character it is much easier to wait. It is when we fail to remember Who He is that we fail to wait for What He can do.
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