我們生活在一個微波爐社會. 人們總是匆匆忙忙, 過著匆忙的生活, 等不及了. 他們希望盡快完成工作, 而不是等待和耐心, because ‘time is money’. 由於這種行為, many mistakes or wrong decisions are made that can affect the rest of people’s lives. This also happens with Christians. Many mistakes and wrong decisions could have been prevented if only Christians would wait on the Lord.
What is opposed to wait? A man rests and does his duty
Living a rushed life and responding quickly and acting speedily is not always a good thing. Sometimes it’s better to take some time and think about something before responding or acting.
As a believer of Jesus Christ, you should be patient and be able to wait on the Lord. Because if you want to get things done immediately and don’t have the ability to wait and be patient, you can hamper God, and cause a big mess.
在聖經中, there are many examples that refer to this behavior. We have many examples of what will happen when people can’t wait on the Lord and can’t wait for God’s promise. Because they were not able to wait on the Lord, they made the promise come to pass through their own actions (另請閱讀: 等待上帝的應許).
They were impatient and wanted to help God and give Him a helping hand so that His promise would come to pass.
But God doesn’t need any help in making His promise come to pass. He only wants His people to trust Him and rely upon Him. He wants His people to be patient and wait on Him.
David trusted the Lord
等待主: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, 我說, on the Lord (詩篇 27:14)
David wrote about his life, his experiences, and his relationship with the Lord. He wrote about his situations, and the place, that the Lord had in his life. Without the Lord, David would be lost. Although David made mistakes, David learned through all his experiences, to wait on the Lord and to trust in the Lord completely.
等待主
In the first part of this verse, David wrote a commandment: wait on the Lord. God’s time is not our time. But His time should become our time. When we walk after the Spirit, then His time will become our time and we will be able to wait.
If the Lord shows us something, it doesn’t mean that it will happen immediately, but in due time, it will come to pass. Many times the Lord will show us something, that will happen in the future. The only thing you have to do is to believe Him, rely on Him, and expect it to happen.
Be of good courage
David continued with the words, to be of good courage. If you are able to wait on the Lord, you are strong and of good courage.
The words ‘be of good courage’ have been translated from the word ‘châzaq’ and mean:
to fasten upon; hence to seize, 堅強 (figuratively courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, 維修, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer: – aid, amend, X calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage (-烏斯, -ly), encourage (自己), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (快速地), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax) 強大的, prevail, be recovered, 維修, retain, seize, 是 (wax) sore, strengthen (自己), be stout, 是 (製作, shew, wax) 強的 (-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand (Strong’s Concordance no. H2388)
When you wait on the Lord, you show that you are strong and courageous and that you are able to withstand any temptation and won’t take action by yourself.
While you wait on the Lord, don’t become passive and lazy. Don’t let yourself 娛樂 由世界. Don’t feed yourself with the things of the world, because that will cause spiritual poverty and you don’t want that. You want to become spiritually strong.
Therefore you need to stay active in the Spirit, by spending time with the Lord. Study and meditate on the Word of God (日夜), get to know Him and His will, 祈禱, 快速地, and build yourself up by speaking in tongues.
Prepare yourself for that moment, when the promise of the Lord will come to pass in your life.
The Lord shall strengthen your heart
When you wait on the Lord and be of good courage, then the Lord will strengthen your heart. Your heart, which is the center of your being, shall be strong, fearless, 堅定的, and unshakable.
Therefore be patient and of good courage in your daily walk with the Lord. Keep His commandments and keep the faith in Jesus Christ. Let Him be the Master over every situation of your life. When you trust and rely on Him, then His promises will come to pass in your life.
This blog post is part of a series, which is written a few years ago. If you want to read more about this subject, you can click on the following links:
‘等待….‘
‘等待上帝的應許‘
‘等待合適的合作夥伴‘
‘等到夢想成為現實直到夢‘
‘等待彌賽亞的應許‘
‘等待耶穌基督的再來‘
“成為地球之鹽”
