Waiting Upon the Lord
December 3, 2018
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The theme of “waiting for the LORD” or “waiting upon the LORD repeats throughout the Old Testament in many places. As I understand it, it
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The theme of “waiting for the LORD” or “waiting upon the LORD repeats throughout the Old Testament in many places. As I understand it, it
It took me years to understand what ‘The joy of the Lord is my strength.” (Nehemiah 8:10) means. I always interpreted it to mean: The
"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go."
(Joshua 1:9)
"My flesh and my heart fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever."
(Psalm 73:26)
The Psalmist mentions the fact that sometime he can't handle all the stress of life. In his own strength, he cannot make it. He says, "My flesh and my heart fail". He is talking about the natural endurance of man, which although considerable at times, CANNOT make unaided it through every kind of crisis the world dishes up.
“And I will wait on Thy name” Psalm 52:9c
Waiting is a life-long lesson. We learn to wait when we’re children. We conquer that kind of waiting (like for Christmas, our birthdays, summer vacation). Then, as adults we realize we have to wait for a lot of things especially in regard to our faith and prayer requests.
Looking up “wait on” in the Hebrew, I found something very thought provoking. This is part of it:
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