Psalm 27
WAIT ON THE LORD
List your
fears and the categories of fears you face in your life. Do these fears make
your list: failure, solitude, enemies, ridicule, crowds, spiders, death,
success, strange places, people.
Battling
our fears can be a successful event. It can happen but we best battle them with
God’s Word as our shield and sword.
vs.1 David
first affirms what he knew is true. God
is active in this world, this our lives. The earthquake in Armenia, the
father dug for 38 hours to find his son, who, with 14 other boys, was asked by
his son to remove the other boys first. The son knew the father if alive would
save him and his friends.
Faith is
not just to over come the fear of death but to overcome the fears we face in
this life. When it is dark we turn the light on to see. When you are in the darkness
of fear, turn the light of God in Christ on to lead you clear.
vs.6 David practices the presence of God in
his life. There are 365 occurrences of God saying “Fear Not”.
vs.7-9
David speaks to God. He anticipates God will hear and will respond to his
pleas, prayers and words. Speak to God when fear raises its ugly head. In
prayer he petitions and praises God. He then waits for God to respond, speak or
act. We call the waiting, painful. The Hebrew for “wait” is a noun - like the
twisted cords of a rope and it is a verb - twisting or twirling of threads.
When we
wait on God we strengthen the bond or rope between he and us. Our society
doesn’t need to wait today. Everything is instant in nature and designed to
bring immediate satisfaction or results. A 50 foot oak tree materializes in
your front yard after the nurseryman has uprooted the tree from their nursery.
Coffee is available as fast as you can heat water. Messages travel the globe in
seconds when you press SEND on your computer’s E-mail.
Wait on the
Lord and he alone will renew your strength and renew your life both now and
forevermore.
