|
One of the biggest false doctrines in the Church today
is that believers should always be doing something for God; that
God helps those who help themselves. But the truth of the matter is that
believers are commanded by God to wait on His gracious provisions;
only going forth to work for Him when He specifically commands or leads
us to do so. This is called the Doctrine of Waiting on God.
ISAIAH 30.18 "AND THEREFORE WILL THE LORD WAIT (CHAKAH,
PEALE STEM, INTENSIVELY WAITS FOR),
THAT HE MAY BE GRACIOUS UNTO YOU, AND THEREFORE WILL HE BE EXALTED,
THAT HE MAY RAVE MERCY UPON YOU: FOR THE LORD IS A GOD OF JUDGMENT: BLESSED
ARE THEY THAT WAIT (CHAKAH, KAL STEM, LINEAR
ACTION, KEEP ON WAITING)
FOR HIM."
ISAIAH 40.31 "BUT THEY THAT WAIT (QAVAH,
ORIG TO BIND TOGETHER. SENSE = TO LOCK ON TO, TRUST WITH ALL HEART IN
GOD, REGARDLESS OF TRIALS THAT MAY COME)
UPON THE LORD SHALL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH; THEY SHALL MOUNT UP WITH
WINGS AS EAGLES; THEY SHALL RUN, AND NOT BE WEARY; AND THEY SHALL WALK,
AND NOT FAINT."
PSALM 27.14 "WAIT (QAVAH, WAIT OR TRUST
ON WITH ALL HEART)
ON THE LORD, BE OF GOOD COURAGE, AND HE SHALL STRENGTHEN THINE
HEART. WAIT (QAVAH, WAIT OR TRUST ON WITH ALL
HEART),
I SAY, ON THE LORD."
PSALM 37.7 "REST (DAMAM, TO BE DUMB, TO
BE SILENT, TO CEASE)
IN THE LORD, AND WAIT PATIENTLY (CHUWL,
ORIGINALLY TO DANCE OR WRITHE IN PAIN NOW = TO WAIT PATIENTLY EVEN THOUGH
IN TRIAL)
FOR HIM; FRET NOT THYSELF BECAUSE OF HIM WHO PROSPERETH IN HIS
WAY, BECAUSE OF THE MAN WHO BRINGETH WICKED DEVICES TO PASS."
PSALM 37.34 "WAIT (QAVAH, WAIT OR TRUST
ON WITH ALL HEART)
ON THE LORD, AND KEEP HIS WAY, AND HE SHALL EXALT THEE TO INHERIT
THE LAND. WHEN THE WICKED ARE CUT OFF, THOU SHALT SEE IT."
PSALM 62.5 "MY SOUL, WAIT (DAMAM, TO BE
DUMB, BE SILENT, CEASE ACTIVITY)
THOU ONLY UPON GOD; FOR MY EXPECTATION IS FROM HIM."
JEREMIAH 14.22 "ARE THERE ANY AMONG THE VANITIES (HABEL,
EMPTINESS. ALLUDED TOWARD FALSE DEITIES OF HEATHEN)
OF THE GENTILES THAT CAN CAUSE RAIN? OR CAN THE HEAVENS GIVE SHOWERS?
ART NOT THOU HE, O LORD OUR GOD? THEREFORE WE WILL WAIT (QAVAH,
ORIG TO BIND TOGETHER, TO LOCK ON YOUR TRUST ON ONE)
UPON THEE: FOR THOU HAST MADE ALL THESE THINGS."
1 SAMUEL 17.42-47 (FOCAL ON VERSE 47 ONLY) "AND ALL THIS ASSEMBLY
SHALL KNOW (YADA, TO KNOW BY LEARNING OR EXPERIENCE)
THAT THE LORD SAVETH NOT WITH SWORD AND SPEAR: FOR THE BATTLE IS
THE LORD'S, AND HE WILL GIVE YOU INTO OUR HANDS."
|
