Waiting on the Lord

I have resolved to wait on the Lord as I am expecting news from the doctor. Now my question is: How do I do that? Well, the best resource anyone has when confronted with questions of the spirit is, of course, The Word. What does Scripture say about waiting on Christ? Psalm 33: 20-22 caught my attention while searching:

We wait in hope for the Lord;
he is our help and our shield.
In him our hearts rejoice,
for we trust in his holy name.
May your unfailing love be with us, Lord,
even as we put our hope in you.

In this passage I see the relationship between waiting and hoping. We “wait in hope for the Lord” says the NIV, which is about the only version I could find that has this phrase. Waiting in hope…for we trust in his holy name. He is the true hope. We see it in His revealed will for us in Scripture and in our lives. He is Faithful and Good, so we are not mistaken to make Him our hope. He is worthy of our trust, so our hope in Him is justified. Therefore, waiting in hope is waiting in Him who is trustworthy.

Complex? Yes! So is God’s nature : )

From my situation, as I have decided to wait upon Him, I see I need to do the following:

-Realize that Christ is our true Hope: Romans 5: 1-5 And Hope does not disappoint!

-Realize that we hope in faith for the things that are unseen. Romans 8: 24-25

-As we hope for the unseen, we must wait patiently. Romans 8: 24-25

-And it is through the Holy Spirit that we are able to wait, for He is our strength in our weakness. Romans 8: 26

-For we live by the Spirit, by faith and not by sight. 2 Corinthians 5: 7 That’s how we achieve peace.

-It is all about the frame of our mind. Peace comes to those who have a mind governed by the Spirit. Romans 8: 6

-In order to have a mind governed by the Spirit we must not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of our mind. Then we will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12: 2

-We transform and renew our mind by surrounding ourselves with the counsel of the saints, and all things holy and good. Psalm 1: 1-6

Challenging? Of course! Nothing worth our while comes easy. In every situation let’s remember that God is worried about our character rather than our comfort. So every time we are uncomfortable, we should praise Him for He is refining our character…and He usually uses fire for that, but His unfailing love remains in us even as we walk through the burning coals.

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