Wait for the Lord and keep His way,
And He will exalt you to inherit the land;
When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.
I love the resolute conviction we find in the writings of David.
If you ever lack clarity in your faith read the Psalms. Soon something, like this verse, will resonate. Its why I love verses like these; it’s assured, it’s compelling, and you know its true.
David gives us two things to remember and to do. 1) Wait for the Lord and 2) Keep His way.
1) Wait for the Lord.
Much of what we get wrong in life is due to wrong timing. But God, His timing is always spot on.
So often we are so busy and hurried along by the issues of our lives. Trying to squeeze God into a crevice in our day is not going to work. Rather than working to contain God into smaller and smaller cracks of time in our schedule, wait for Him.
Wait on the Lord, trusting Him, going to Him each day and knowing that He is good.
2) Keep His Ways.
His ways are not our ways (Isaiah 55:8-9). But that is not to say He doesn’t want us to make them our ways.
Whilst in our hurried pace of life we need to wait for Him, on the other hand following Him is immediate and total in nature. His ways are all consuming. They are life swallowing Him. And what He wants is that would be solely and wholly given over, not to a list of rules, but to living Lord and Saviour.
Keep His ways. Do what you know to do. Follow through and strengthen your relationship with Him.
THEN (this is the promise…)
He will exalt you to inherit the land;
When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.
THEN He will exalt you.
God is looking for people who He can exalt, promote, lift up, and show off to the world as His faithful ambassadors. He is not shy about this. But He expects us to be proven (tested) in it.
He will exalt you, you will inherit the promised land. Others might miss it, but the invitation is there for you to grab it and see it for yourself.
PRAYER: Father, I ask for your grace and enabling to wait for you and to keep your ways. I trust you Lord and hear your word. I give myself to you and the process you have for me. I love you Lord. Amen.
