The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in Psalm 27:13-14,
"I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord."
In this psalm of David, we find an exhortation to be encouraged while waiting for the Lord. The "wait" calls for the patience needed while an expectation is held of seeing the Lord's goodness "in the land of the living", that is, in this life, in the here and now. Clearly this exhortation is for those times when the Lord's goodness is not evident.
"I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord."
In this psalm of David, we find an exhortation to be encouraged while waiting for the Lord. The "wait" calls for the patience needed while an expectation is held of seeing the Lord's goodness "in the land of the living", that is, in this life, in the here and now. Clearly this exhortation is for those times when the Lord's goodness is not evident.
During those times when the Lord's goodness is not evident, it can be easy to slip into discouragement (and even despondency at times) as we witness those things about us that are not good. Not good as understood by those who know our Lord, who know and hold in high regard those things that are appropriate, fitting, honorable, deserving of respect, moral and ethical. I strongly believe we are living in such an age today.
As believers in Jesus Christ, as those who have the Holy Spirit dwelling within who brings grief as we witness attacks on the innocent by those given to "Team Cain", as we witness what is vile, despicable, dishonorable and disgusting held in high regard, we need encouragement. We need to know and be convinced of the goodness of the Lord that is certain to make itself evident in his timing.
It is the Lord himself who has brought us new life and regenerated our hearts. He knows we can struggle at times when it appears those bad things of this lost and fallen world with a collective sinful nature can appear to be ascendant. I am convinced he wants us to be strong and take heart, to be encouraged, and to wait for his meticulous and perfect timing.
The goodness of the Lord is certainly coming our way!
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A blog with my ruminations over the years can be found here: http://worshipfortoday.blogspot.com/
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just reply and let me know..
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