Psalm 27:14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart: wait, I say, on the LORD. No one could be better qualified than David to offer this counsel. Now to you who are tried by the delay of God's promises, as David was, we would explain from the text. I. THE REMARKABLENESS OF WAITING UPON GOD. For — 1. He alone can supply our need. "Our expectation is from Him," whether it "be spiritual or temporal deliverance that we desire. 2. He is faithful as well as all powerful. 3. And He knows what is best to be done. He has all wisdom. God sees, as we do not, all the consequences of granting our desires. II. THE NECESSITY OF IT. There is no alternative for us as believers. God is under necessity to be good, He cannot be otherwise; therefore we are under necessity to wait for Him. III. THE BENEFIT OF SO WAITING. God "will strengthen thine heart." And that there will be good to us arises from — 1. The fact of Christ's intercession for us. 2. The Holy Spirit is ever ready to help us. See the experience of Paul when troubled by "the thorn in the flesh." He waited upon the Lord and he was helped." And so shall it be with us. (Thomas Dale, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.WEB: Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh. By David. |
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