Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. (Psalm 27:14)

But I don’t like to wait.  I have plans and goals and ideas and God just isn’t working fast enough for me.

Besides, waiting seems so passive, so weak.  Don’t I need to get out there and accomplish something?

I find it interesting that David says, “Be strong…and wait…”  That seems to indicate that waiting takes strength and effort.  It’s not passivity…it’s vigilance.  In Psalm 130, the Psalmist waits for the Lord, “More than watchmen wait for the morning.”  So I should wait, not sitting around aimlessly, but keeping my eyes peeled looking for him.

Sounds like trust.

Sounds like work.

You know, I’ll bet that if I were seeking God, if I were dwelling with him, as the earlier verses in this Psalm talk about, it would be easier to trust him, easier to see where he is working in my life, easier to wait for him.

Be strong.

Take heart.

Wait for the Lord.