Waiting on God

Waiting on God is patiently trusting and hoping in the Lord for his help and timing. Waiting is linked with renewed strength, blessing and God's faithfulness to his promises.

Wait on the Lord

• Psalm 27:14
  Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!
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• Psalm 37:7
  Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.
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• Psalm 62:5
  My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him.
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• Psalm 130:5-6
  ⁵I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope. ⁶My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning— more than watchmen wait for the morning.
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Strength for those who wait

• Isaiah 40:31
  But they that wait 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.But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
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• Psalm 40:1-3
  ¹I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry. ²He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm. ³And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.
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Blessed are they that wait

• Isaiah 30:18
  And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.
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• Lamentations 3:25-26
  ²⁵The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him. ²⁶It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
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• Isaiah 64:4
  For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.From ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides You, who acts on behalf of those who wait for Him.
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God's timing

• Habakkuk 2:3
  For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.
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• Ecclesiastes 3:1
  To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
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• 2 Peter 3:8-9
  ⁸But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. ⁹The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.
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• Galatians 6:9
  And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
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Waiting in hope

• Romans 8:25
  But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently.
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• Acts 1:4
  And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.And while they were gathered together, He commanded them: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift the Father promised, which you have heard Me discuss.
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See also

• Patience
• Hope
• Trusting God
• Strength

Notes

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