Monday, February 14, 2022
Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; wait, I say on the Lord!
Psalms 27:14
No other life was ever so crowded with labor and responsibility as was that of Jesus, yet how often He was found in prayer! How constant was His communion with God! … As one with us, a sharer in our needs and weaknesses, He was wholly dependent upon God, and in the secret place of prayer He sought divine strength that He might go forth braced for duty and trial. In a world of sin Jesus endured struggles and torture of soul. In communion with God He could unburden the sorrows that were crushing Him….
{OFC 156.2}
In Christ the cry of humanity reached the Father of infinite pity. As a man He supplicated the throne of God till His humanity was charged with a heavenly current that should connect humanity with divinity. Through continual communion He received life from God, that He might impart life to the world. His experience is to be ours. “Come ye yourselves apart” (Mark 6:31), He bids us. If we would give heed to His Word we should be stronger and more useful…. If today we would take time to go to Jesus and tell Him our needs we should not be disappointed; He would be at our right hand to help us….
{OFC 156.3}.
He was for us to wait on Him. He says “Wait on the Lord, be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart, wait, I say on the Lord”.
In all who are under the training of God is to be revealed a life that is not in harmony with the world, its customs, or its practices, and everyone needs to have a personal experience in obtaining a knowledge of the will of God. We must individually hear Him speaking to the heart. When every other voice is hushed, and in quietness we wait before Him, the silence of the soul makes more distinct the voice of God. He bids us, “Be still, and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10). Here alone can true rest be found. And this is the effectual preparation for all who labor for God. Amid the hurrying throng and the strain of life’s intense activities, the soul that is thus refreshed will be surrounded with an atmosphere of light and peace. The life will breathe out fragrance and will reveal a divine power that will reach men’s hearts.
{OFC 156.4}
Wait I say on the Lord.
Heart Questions: Are you too busy to have constant communion with the Lord each morning? When you pray are you too impatient to wait on the Lord for His answer? Are you listening to the voice of God speaking to your heart? God wants for us to be still and listen especially when the voice is a hush and there is a true rest in Him.
- Pray that we will learn to wait on God and to be of good courage
- Pray that we will not allow our daily labor and responsibility to interfere with our constant communion with God.
- Pray for our Disability Ministries that they reach those who are in need of service
- Pray for the Evangelistic Campaign’s in Surinam
- Pray that our members will impact the residents of at least 100 new areas within the territory of Inter America with the social dimension of the gospel