Wait

Wait

Bible :Psalm 27

Hear my voice when I call, Lord; be merciful to me and answer me (V.7).

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Frustrated and disappointed with church, seventeen-year-old Oscar began looking for answers. But nothing he explored seemed to satisfy him or answer his questions. His journey did draw him closer to his parents. Still, he had problems with Christianity. During one conversation, he said, “The Bible is full of empty promises.” We’ve probably all felt like that at one time or another. Another man faced disappointment and hard times that fuelled his doubts. But as David ran from the enemies who wanted to kill him, his response was not to run from God but to praise Him. “Though war break out against me, even then I will be confident,” he sang (PSALM 27:3).
Yet David’s poem still hints at doubt. His cry, “Be merciful to me and answer me” (V.7), sounds like a man with fears and questions. “Do not hide your face from me,” David pleaded. “Do not reject me or forsake me” (V.9). David didn’t let his doubts paralyse him, however. Even in those doubts, he said, “I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living” (V.13). Then he
addressed his readers: you, me and the Oscars of this world. “Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord” (V.14). We won’t find fast, simple answers to our huge questions. But we will find— when we wait for Him—a God who can be trusted.

GOD IS BIG ENOUGH TO HANDLE
OUR DOUBTS AND WORRIES.

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