Wait On The Lord

Thought for Today - April 12
Wait On The Lord  -  By: Robert A. Searles
     “I had fainted unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.  Wait on the Lord: be of good  courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.” Psalm 27: 13, 14     Oh! the sloughs of despond that we as Christians so often  and so eaily fall into when  we are anxious for our lives, and have not the faith and  patience we need to be calm, and to wait on God.  Oh! how difficult it is to believe that which we cannot see and touch.  This is part of our old carnal nature, but the gift of God is faith.  Faith even  as the size of a grain of mustard seed to believe the promises of God's word, If we exercise it properly, will be as a light in a dark tunnel that will direct our thoughts and actions toward God,  and allow us to perceive the goodness and providence of God.
     Believe God, trust his  word, stagger not at the promises of  God,  even as Abraham of old, believed God implicitly and God will not fail those who put their trust in him.   Believe to see the goodness of God in the land of the living, and you will not faint.  Many times throughout the scriptures we see that God does not seem to be in any hurry to do all that he has planned to do for our good     We honor  God when we determine in our heart to wait for the promise of God's infallible word.  If God has spoken, it shall be done as he has said.  Therefore, “wait on the lord, be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine  heart: wait I say on the Lord.” Psalm 27: 14 Telehelp Publications Christian Literature Ministry