31Yet those who wait for the LORD Will gain new strength;They will mount up with wings like eagles,They will run and not get tired,They will walk and not become weary. Isaiah 43:31
4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Psalm 37:23-24 (King James Version)
23The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
24Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.
39 The salvation of the righteous comes from the LORD;
he is their stronghold in time of trouble.
40 The LORD helps them and delivers them;
he delivers them from the wicked and saves them,
because they take refuge in him. Psalm 37
How many times in Scripture does it say Wait on the Lord! Yet, in our haste we make waste and error in our ways. Why is it that we always go to the Lord as a last resort for help! We should go to Him as a first resort for help!
He wants us to go to Him, everyday, all the time, every circumstance of our day, cry out to Him for mercy! He is there to help us, He loves us and wants to deliver us! He delights to helps us in time of need. Indeed, He has no greater joy, in that He delights to glorify Himself in us through His Son, He will never leave us or forsake us! He was deligted to make His name known in me! And He has great Joy when we cry out to Him, Abba, Father!
Yet, we try in our own means and efforts to deliver ourselves, and we make even more of a mess of our situations--O what needless pain we bear, all because we do not carry everything to God in prayer! what a Friend we have in Jesus!
The bottom line, when we try in our own efforts and strength, and act as if God has abandoned us, we walk in Idolatry that are useless for us, that cannot do us any good or rescue us, because they are useless idols of our strength.
I Samuel 12:20 “Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “You have done all this evil; yet do not turn away from the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart. 21 Do not turn away after useless idols. They can do you no good, nor can they rescue you, because they are useless. 22 For the sake of his great name the LORD will not reject his people, because the LORD was pleased to make you his own. 23 As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by failing to pray for you. And I will teach you the way that is good and right
God is indeed near, He was with the Israelites as they traveled from tent to tent, and the Ark of the Covenant traveled with them from Tent to Tent! God is near and stronghold to help in time of need!
There is always time of need in my life. I will wait upon the Lord in time of need, and Indeed! Find that He truly answers with great strength and peace! All because in time of need I took the time to wait upon the Lord and regain new strength and peace! And He answered my prayer beyond all I can ask or imagine!
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