"The Lord Brings Victory"

"The Lord Brings Victory"

Psalm 27:13-14: I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.  Wait for the Lord, be strong, and let your heart take courage; yes, wait for the Lord.

      The opposite of courage is fainting, and the thing that keeps us from fainting is faith in God. For a Christian, believing is seeing (2 Kings 6:15-17), not seeing is believing (v. 13).   Waiting is preparation for the next battle, the next blessing. As we wait, we pray; we meditate on the Word; we worship God. The wise sailor repairs his sails in calm weather, and the wise soldier regathers his strength during the lull in battle (v. 14; Isaiah 40:31).

The ability to calm your soul and wait before God is one of the most difficult things in the Christian life.  Our old nature is restless.  The world around us is frantically in a hurry. 

God can help us conquer fear if we will learn to worship, walk, and wait; and the most difficult of these is—wait.  A restless heart usually leads to a reckless life. In Psalm 62, we read:  My soul, wait thou only upon God, for my expectation is from Him.  He only is my rock and my salvation.  He is my defense, I shall not be moved.