“Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.” (Psa. 27:14).

He will come to save us as He saved the disciples

In these times of great distress among the nations and the world in upheaval we must remember to “Wait on the Lord”.

“And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.” (Matt. 24:6).

As we see the end of this age drawing near we tend to be impatient and want the Lord to return right now. We must remember though, that God has His timetable for events to happen and we must accept this and continue to do His work. God is in control and as events unfold we will see His hand at work. He will give us the courage to go on. This is a time for us to draw closer to Him spiritually. We must pray constantly and search the Scriptures continually for His encouragement and instruction. God does not want us to be afraid or impatient. He wants to use us to do His work and we are to wait for Him to do His.

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“Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope; Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.” (1Tim. 1:1-2).

“The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.” (Psa. 9:9-10).

We have such hope when we, who know Jesus Christ, put our trust in Him. He is a place of safety in a troubled world. Actually He is the only place that is safe. He is our solid Rock. When we know this and believe it the cares of the world do not seem quite so daunting because we know where we can put our trust.

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“Defend me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.” (Psa. 59:1)

Psalm 59 is a wonderful psalm for us today as we feel the enemy surrounding us from all sides. Evil appears to be everywhere. The world that we have known for so long is quickly slipping away. I know I sometimes feel that I hardly recognize my country anymore. It is not the country that I grew up in and the one that my forefathers fought for. It is a very unsettling time and we must be patient. We feel so often that God is not acting quickly enough and that we should be doing something to help Him. We must remember though that everything is in God’s time. If we wait on the Lord He will defend and help us. We will be His instruments to use to fulfill His purpose. He will help us in all that we do. If we get angry and impatient and say “We must do something now!” we are only making it harder for God to help us.

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