"WAIT THOU UPON THE LORD"


A. "MY SOUL WAIT THOU UPON THE LORD; FOR MY EXPECTATION IS FROM HIM" PSALMS 62:5-6
  1. The writings of David are noted:
    1. For communion with his own heart speaking to himself
    2. It was sort of self-admonition and exhortation of his own person
  2. Note two important statements by David:
    1. He admonishes others in these words, "Stand in awe, and sin not; commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still" - Ps. 4:4
    2. "I call to remembrance my song in the night; I commune with mine own heart; and my spirit diligent search" Ps. 77:6
B. WAIT THOU UPON THE LORD
  1. What does the Psalmist mean by the word "Wait":
    1. To wait upon the Lord means to trust His guidance - Ps. 32:8
    2. To wait upon the Lord means to look to Him for help at all times - Ps. 121:1-3
    3. To wait upon the Lord means to serve Him, walking in all His ways - Luke 1:5-6; Job 1:1-3
  2. The prayer season is the chief channel for us to wait upon the Lord:
    1. Meet him in the closet - "But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly" - Matt. 6:6
    2. Meet Him in the congregation of the saints - compare - Ps. 82:1 with Heb. 10:26; these are the Lord's own appointments and our privilege to wait upon Him there
    3. Wait upon Him in the night watch - "When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches" - Ps. 63:6
  3. Trust in Him always:
    1. "Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass" - Ps. 37:5
    2. How different would our life be, if we followed the instructions of the above admonition
C. "WAIT THOU UPON THE LORD"
  1. How timely and how needful is this Divinely inspired admonition:
    1. How distorted and confusing is our concept of man's relation to His Creator and Redeemer
    2. It seems that little - big word "Wait" is too difficult for us in so many ways
  2. We find it difficult to wait upon the Lord:
    1. In the early morning watch - our minds are upon the ever pressing cares of this life and we become restless and find it difficult to take time to pray
    2. We are confused as to which duty should come first in our life - waiting upon the Lord, or waiting upon the cares of this life - Luke 21:34-35
    3. How it humbles my own heart to think that there are occasions when the pressures of life beclouded my early morning devotions
  3. Seven good reasons why we always must wait upon the Lord first:
    1. In Him we live, more hand have our being compare Acts 17:28 with I Sam. 25:29; Job 12:10; Ps. 36:9
    2. The Lord admonishes us to seek the kingdom of God and His righteousness first and all we are in need of will be added unto us - Matt. 6:33
    3. We, our life and all our time belong to God to begin with, therefore, it is only reasonable that we give Him our first attention and service - "My times are in thine hand" - Ps. 31:15
    4. Where our heart is - there will be our affections first and last - if our heart is with the Lord - then it follows that we will wait upon Him first - Matt. 13:44
    5. If we truly love the Lord with our whole heart, we will want to give Him ourselves first - Deut. 6:4-8
    6. To walk with God means that we fellowship with him every waking moment of our life
    7. Waiting upon the Lord is the most rewarding and for that reason alone the most reasonable


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