Isaiah 26:8 KJV
Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
Here is a hint at how to wait for the Lord. We wait for Him in the way of His judgments.
The terms judgments can refer to one of two things, either His Word, or else His chastisements.
We wait for the Lord in the way of His word.
As we learn His Word and attend to the Word.
As we read the Word of God
As we hear the Word preached
As we submit ourselves to the teaching of the Word
We are waiting upon the Lord
Further, as we practice God's Word we wait upon Him. We are not to be hearers of the Word only, but doers also. What claim could a person have to a real relationship with Christ if he only knew what the Lord had commanded but never did as the Lord commanded? We wait for the Lord as we learn the Word of God and put it into practice in our life.
We wait for the Lord in the way of His correction.
I have in my mind the picture of a child who has in some way earned the correction of his father. The father might instruct the child to go into his room and wait there. It is a time of reflection and many valuable lessons are learned in the simple act of waiting for the correction to come. The father might then come into the room and speak to his child about the wrong the child had done, why it was wrong and why it must be corrected. And again, lessons are learned.
Just as a father trains his child through both positive and negative instruction; so does our Heavenly Father. God gives us the instruction of His Word. That is positive. But then He reinforces that instruction with discipline and correction so that we learn to walk with Him. We wait for the Lord in the sense that we submit to His correction.
Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
Here is a hint at how to wait for the Lord. We wait for Him in the way of His judgments.
The terms judgments can refer to one of two things, either His Word, or else His chastisements.
We wait for the Lord in the way of His word.
As we learn His Word and attend to the Word.
As we read the Word of God
As we hear the Word preached
As we submit ourselves to the teaching of the Word
We are waiting upon the Lord
Further, as we practice God's Word we wait upon Him. We are not to be hearers of the Word only, but doers also. What claim could a person have to a real relationship with Christ if he only knew what the Lord had commanded but never did as the Lord commanded? We wait for the Lord as we learn the Word of God and put it into practice in our life.
We wait for the Lord in the way of His correction.
I have in my mind the picture of a child who has in some way earned the correction of his father. The father might instruct the child to go into his room and wait there. It is a time of reflection and many valuable lessons are learned in the simple act of waiting for the correction to come. The father might then come into the room and speak to his child about the wrong the child had done, why it was wrong and why it must be corrected. And again, lessons are learned.
Just as a father trains his child through both positive and negative instruction; so does our Heavenly Father. God gives us the instruction of His Word. That is positive. But then He reinforces that instruction with discipline and correction so that we learn to walk with Him. We wait for the Lord in the sense that we submit to His correction.
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