Psalm 27:14 - "Wait on the LORD: Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; wat, I say, on the LORD!"

Thoughts on today's verse:

The idea of waiting might conjure up the image of sitting in a chair with only the sound of a ticking clock to keep one company. God is not late to an appointment, nor are we to be idle in our lives. The idea of waiting here is the idea of trust, be confident, have no fear. These words of encouragement have taken different forms throughout history, whether from Moses to Joshua (Deut 31:7), God to Joshua (Josh 1:6, 7, 9, 18), Joshua to the people of Israel (Josh. 10:25), Paul to the Corinthians (1 Cor. 16:13), or as the case here, with the Psalmist to the people of Israel.

The idea is the same - we are to live a life of faith! We trust the Lord, we can trust the Lord, and this truth ought to strengthen our faith, and bolster our confidence! Remember: we live by faith, not by sight! As one author said: "faith is the power which enables the faithful to endure the tension between his present afflictions and his future deliverance from those afflictions" (Weiser, p. 254)