Waiting on the LORD: The Benefits of Waiting on the LORD

    In our study so far, we have learned that waiting on the LORD means to bind yourself to the LORD in earnest expectation of His wisdom, blessings, and help. We took time to look at the circumstances surrounding this phrase in the Scriptures and found that it is mentioned when troubles are coming, when in times of distress, and in times of joyful declaration.

Now, let’s continue our study by looking at the many benefits of waiting on the LORD:

• We will not be ashamed (Psalm 25:3, Isaiah 49:23)
• We will be led in His truth and taught by Him (Psalm 25:5, Hosea 12:6)
• We will be saved by Him (Psalm 25:5, 62:5-6, Proverbs 20:22, Isaiah 25:9, 33:2)
• We will be preserved by integrity and uprightness (Psalm 25:21)
• The LORD will strengthen our hearts (Psalm 27:14)
• We will inherit the earth (Psalm 37:9, 34)
• We can have confident hope (Psalm 39:7, 62:5-6, 130:5-8)
• We will be like a green olive tree in the house of God (Psalm 52:8-9, see also Psalm 92:12-15)
• The LORD will be our rock, our salvation, and our refuge (Psalm 62:5-6)
• We will praise Him (Psalm 69:3, 6)
• The desire of our soul will be for His name and for the remembrance of Him (Isaiah 26:8)
• Our strength will be renewed, we will mount up with wings like eagles, we will run and not be weary; we will walk and not faint (Isaiah 40:31)
• On the LORD’s arm we will trust (Isaiah 51:5)
• The LORD will act for us. He will meet us who rejoice and do righteousness, and who remember Him in His ways (Isaiah 64:4-5)
• We know without doubt that God made the earth and everything in it (Jeremiah 14:22)
• The LORD is good to us when our souls seek Him (Lamentations 3:25-26)

    Read over this list again and consider how valuable it is to bind yourself to the God who does not fail, to the LORD who will act for you and be your refuge, to the Father who loves you, strengthens you, and saves you. You can be sure of Him! Bind yourself to Him and don't let go when you see difficult days coming, don't let go when you're in the midst of troubles, and don't let go of Him when He has brought you through your hardships and blessed you with good days. In all your doing, do the one thing that will grant you the comfort of these benefits: wait on the LORD! Cling to Him! He. Will. Not. Fail. You.  Continue to trust and obey while earnestly anticipating His help, comfort, and salvation, because it will come. Wait, I say, on the LORD!

You can do it! So can I!!