PURPOSE TO DAILY WAIT ON THE LORD by steve johnson
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variation on Murphy’s Law states that the length of time you have to wait in the doctor’s office is directly proportional to the boringness of the magazines there. That’s what most of us think when we think about waiting. But in the Bible waiting on, or for, the Lord means something very different. Many times in the Bible we are commanded to wait for the Lord. “Wait patiently for the LORD. Be brave and courageous. Yes, wait patiently for the LORD” (Psalm 27:14). And many times we are told of the benefits of doing so. “Yet those who wait for the LORD Will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles,
They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary.” (Isaiah 40:31 NASB) What are we waiting for when we wait on the Lord? Answering that needs some context. The Christian life is sustained by the grace of God, “…it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose” (Philippians 2:13 NIV). It’s God who gives us both the desire and the power to live as we ought. Defining it in practical terms, grace is the desire and power for Christian living. Waiting on the Lord means we are looking to Him for grace—the desire and power needed in a situation. For example, sometimes we know the thing to do, but
