Compiled By: Lisa K Gonzales
From: The Life Application Study Bible
11 “Teach me how to live, O LORD. Lead me along the path of honesty, for my enemies are waiting for me to fall. 12 Do not let me fall into their hands. For they accuse me of things I have never done and breath out violence against me. 13 Yet I am confident that I will see the LORD’s goodness while I am here in the land of the living.” ~ Psalm 27:11-13
The “land of the living” simply means “this life”. David was obviously going through a trial, but he was confident that in this present life, GOD would see him through it. – “Wait patiently for the LORD. Be brave and courageous. Yes, wait patiently for the LORD.” 27:14 – David knew from experience what it meant to wait for the LORD. He had been anointed king at the age of sixteen but did not become king until he was thirty. During the interim, he was chased through the wilderness by jealous King Saul. David had to wait on GOD for the fulfillment of his promise to reign. Later after becoming king, he was chased by his rebellious son, Absalom.
Waiting for GOD is not easy. Often it seems as though HE isn’t answering our prayers or does not understand the urgency of our situation. This kind of thinking implies that GOD is not in control or that HE is not fair. But GOD is worth waiting for. – 25 “The LORD is wonderfully good to those who wait for HIM and seek HIM. 26 So it is good to wait quietly for salvation from the LORD.” – Lamentations 3:25-26 – We are to hope in and wait for the LORD because often GOD uses times of waiting to refresh, renew, and teach us. Make good use of your waiting times by discovering what GOD may be trying to teach you in them. – GOD offers us help for today and hope for the future. Unwavering confidence in HIM is our antidote for fear, loneliness and uncertainty.
Teach us how to live, O LORD. Lead us along the path of honesty and do not let us fall. Our hope, our life and our strength is in YOU, Father GOD. We will use our times of waiting to refresh, renew and teach us. We know YOU are our hope and our future, and we will wait with confidence on YOU, LORD and we know we will see YOUR goodness.
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Photo By: Lisa K Gonzales
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