In reading through the Psalms, we have come across a few meaty nuggets apropos to the lesson God continues to teach us. Here are a few of the verses of note:
Psalm 25:3, 5: Indeed, let no one who waits on You be ashamed . . . Lead me in your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; On You I wait all the day.
Psalm 27:4, 5: One thing I have desired of the Lord, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in His temple. For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; in the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock.
27:8, 9: When You said, "Seek My face," my heart said to You, "Your face, Lord, I will seek." Do not hide Your face from me; do not turn Your servant away in anger; You have been my help; Do not leave me nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.
And then there is this great anthem at the end of 27: Wait on the Lord, Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen you heart; Wait I say on the Lord!
And at the risk of being too devotional, I thought I would share Spurgeon's thoughts on this last verse that hit my heart where it needed to be hit: "Wait at the Lord's door with prayer; wait at his foot with humility; wait at his table with service; wait at his window with expectancy, Suitors often win nothing but the cold shoulder from earthly patrons after long and obsequious waiting; he speeds best whose patron is in the skies. David sets his own private seal to the word which, as an inspired man, he had been moved to write. It is his testimony as well as the command of God. Wait on the Lord."
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