"Be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD" - Psalm 27:14

Psalm 27 reveals David's fears - fear of losing the battle, fear of losing family and friends and fear of being wrongly accused.  Tim Keller says "our fears...show us where we have really located our heart's treasure" (see next week's blog on Matt. 6:21). David recognized that in order for those fears not to rule his life, he would need to "gaze on the beauty of the Lord" (v. 4).  He knew the faithfulness of God and he chose to dwell on it.  

Lauren Daigle in "Trust in You" writes:

When You don't move the mountains I'm needing You to move;

When You don't part the waters I wish I could walk through;

When You don't give the answers as I cry out to You,

I will trust, I will trust, I will trust in You!

When you stand at a bus stop, you are confident a bus will arrive and take you where you want to go.  When we "wait for the Lord", we can be even more confident He will show up and if (and when) He shows up, He is able to guide us to where He wants us to go.  I want that! Trust, my friends, in the Only One worthy of trust.

For further study:  Deu. 30:15-16, Joshua 1:9, Psalm 31:6, Proverbs 3:5-6,  Isaiah 40:31 and 41:10, Matthew 21:22, Acts 16:31, Hebrews 13:6,, 1 John 4:18.

Be blessed in your understanding of God's Word.

Love,

Holly