When I took up the Run to Him Study I
wanted to share at least five scriptures from one of the psalms that impacted
my heart.
Psalms is a very encouraging and heart
felt book. David has a great heart for God and we feel and hear his passion as
we read the words.
13 I remain confident of this:
I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land
of the living.
14 Wait for the LORD;
be strong and take heart
and wait for the LORD.
He has confidents in the Lord, but he
ends with the command to be strong and take heart while waiting for the Lord.
I
needed this scripture this week. Lately I feel like my entire life is in a holding pattern. I just want to rush in and land many of the planes instead of waiting on flight control.
Sometimes, waiting for a difficult
situation to change or even for a heart change is the most difficult part.
I consistently have to remind my self to be still and wait on
God.
I just love the command of this. I will see
the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living so I should wait for the
Lord.
Psalm 31:23-24
23 Love the LORD, all his
faithful people!
The LORD preserves those who are true to him,
but the proud he pays back in full.
24 Be strong and take heart,
all you who hope in the LORD.
After reading Psalm 31, I was a little confused
it was saying the same things. I honestly thought that I had read the same
Psalm a second time.
What to do when confused? I opened both Psalms side-by-side and
compared. Doing this on day two of my reading helped me to see that David ended
both these Psalms with the same charge.
In Psalm 31 we have hope in the Lord and in Psalm 27 we
wait on the Lord but both time we are being asked to “be strong and take
heart.”
The big reveal for me was when I noticed
how David did not imply that waiting would be easy. His message is clear we
need to be strong in our hearts when waiting on the Lord.
Life is never easy but when we choose to
love and trust in God the blessing do come.
Choosing to be a patient child of God,
after this week’s reading what are you choosing? Please share in the comments,
I love to learn from others.
