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What does it
mean to "Wait on the Lord"
Psa 27:14 (KJV)
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage,
and he
shall strengthen thine heart:
wait, I
say, on the LORD.
The English word , "wait" has
an interesting meaning which could well apply to to our relationship with
Christ: it means, {Web}-"to stay in a place or remain inactive
or in anticipation until something expected takes place."
It is here that the meaning of
the Hebrew word takes over. Because we could ask, "What are we expecting to take
place?" The Hebrew word for "wait" is "quvah" and has the meaning "to bind
together, as by twisting strands together into a rope". One other Hebrew scholar
(Gesenius) gives the definition of this word as "To be robust. To fix one's hope
upon Jehovah and to expect His aid."
So let's put it all together
this way: To wait upon the Lord is " to remain in place in your situation
while fixing your hopes on God, and expecting His aid and deliverance, and
becoming stronger in your faith in the process."
Psa 130:5
(KJV)
I
wait for the LORD,
my soul
doth wait, and in his Word do I hope.
A good example of this would be this verse in James:
James 4:13-15
(KJV)
Go to now, ye that say,
To day or to morrow we will go
into such a city,
and continue there a year, and buy
and sell, and get gain:
{14} Whereas ye know
not what shall be on the morrow.
For what is your life?
It is even a vapour, that
appeareth for a little time,
and then vanisheth
away.
{15} For that ye
ought to say,
If the Lord will, we shall live,
and do this, or that.
{16} But now ye rejoice
in your boastings:
all such rejoicing is
evil.
Psalm 37 gives many examples of
what it means to "wait on the Lord". This Psalm contains 4
elements:
1) instructions about waiting
on the Lord,
2) promises for blessings which
will result when you wait on the Lord,
3) activities of
"evildoers{H=destroyers}" or "workers of iniquity(H=morally
evil)".
4) and promises about what will
happen to these workers of iniquity.
Here then is Psalm 37. Look for
these various elements as you study through it.
God Bless you.
In Christ...brother
bob...<><
Psa 37
(KJV) A Psalm of David.
Fret not thyself because of
evildoers,
neither be thou envious against
the workers of iniquity.
{2} For they shall soon be
cut down like the grass,
and wither as the green herb.
{3} Trust in the LORD, and
do good;
so shalt thou dwell in the
land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
{4} Delight thyself also in
the LORD;
and he shall give thee the desires
of thine heart.
{5} Commit thy way unto the
LORD;
trust also in him; and he shall
bring it to pass.
{6} And he shall
bring forth thy righteousness as the light,
and thy judgment as the
noonday.
{7} Rest in the LORD, and
wait patiently for him:
fret not thyself because of
him who prospereth in his way,
because of the man who bringeth
wicked devices to pass.
{8} Cease from anger,
and forsake wrath:
fret not thyself in any wise to do
evil.
{9} For evildoers shall be
cut off:
but those that wait upon the LORD,
they shall inherit the earth.
{10} For yet a little
while, and the wicked shall not be:
yea, thou shalt diligently
consider his place, and it shall not be.
{11} But the meek shall
inherit the earth;
and shall delight themselves in
the abundance of peace.
{12} The wicked plotteth
against the just,
and gnasheth upon him with his
teeth.
{13} The Lord shall laugh
at him:
for he seeth that his day is
coming.
{14} The wicked have drawn
out the sword, and have bent their bow,
to cast down the poor and
needy,
and to slay such as be of
upright conversation{Heb=manner of life}.
{15} Their sword shall
enter into their own heart,
and their bows shall be broken.
{16} A little that a
righteous man hath
is better than the riches
of many wicked.
{17} For the arms of the
wicked shall be broken:
but the LORD upholdeth the
righteous.
{18} The LORD knoweth
the days of the upright:
and their inheritance shall be for
ever.
{19} They shall not be
ashamed in the evil time:
and in the days of famine they
shall be satisfied.
{20} But the wicked
shall perish,
and the enemies of the LORD
shall be as the fat of lambs:
they shall consume; into
smoke shall they consume away.
{21} The wicked
borroweth, and payeth not again:
but the righteous showeth mercy,
and giveth.
{22} For such as be
blessed of him shall inherit the earth;
and they that be cursed of
him shall be cut off.
{23} The steps of a good
man are ordered by the LORD:
and he delighteth in his way.
{24} Though he fall, he
shall not be utterly cast down:
for the LORD upholdeth
him with his hand.
{25} I have been young, and
now am old;
yet have I not seen the righteous
forsaken,
nor his seed begging bread.
{26} He is ever merciful,
and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
{27} Depart from evil, and
do good; and dwell for evermore.
{28} For the LORD
loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints;
they are preserved for ever:
but the seed of the wicked shall
be cut off.
{29} The righteous shall
inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
{30} The mouth of the
righteous speaketh wisdom,
and his tongue talketh of
judgment.
{31} The law of his God
is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
{32} The wicked watcheth
the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
{33} The LORD will
not leave him in his hand,
nor condemn him when he is
judged.
{34} Wait on the
LORD, and keep his way,
and he shall exalt thee to
inherit the land:
when the wicked are cut off, thou
shalt see it.
{35} I have seen the
wicked in great power,
and spreading himself like a green
bay tree.
{36} Yet he passed
away, and, lo, he was not:
yea, I sought him, but he could
not be found.
{37} Mark the perfect
man, and behold the upright:
for the end of that man
is peace.
{38} But the transgressors
shall be destroyed together:
the end of the wicked shall be cut
off.
{39} But the salvation of
the righteous is of the LORD:
he is their strength in the
time of trouble.
{40} And the LORD shall
help them, and deliver them:
he shall deliver them from the
wicked,
and save them, because they trust
in him.
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