Hosea 12
Wait Upon the Lord
When we think about waiting in general, it normally does not seem like the coolest thing in the world to do. I mean, honestly, I hate waiting for stuff. I hate when you have to wait in line or wait in traffic or even for good things to come. The phrase “to wait upon the Lord” is shown throughout the Bible as something we need to do. It is interesting that we are called to wait on the Lord as waiting is sometimes the hardest thing as a believer to do. In Hosea 12:6 it says, “Hold fast to love and justice, and wait continually for your God.” As Hosea was showing God’s patience towards Judah and what they need to do but does not always does it.
To wait upon the Lord means to rest completely on him. Just like when you sit in a chair, you place all your weight on that chair. You do not go to the chair and question if it can hold you or if the chair will decide to give up and let you fall. No, we just go and plop down on a church and sit. We are called to rest and wait upon the Lord, then that means we completely rest on God for his provision, his guidance, his timing, his everything. Just like Proverbs 3:5-6 says, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding but in all your ways acknowledge him and he will make your paths straight.”
What are some ways that you do not wait on the Lord? Some ways I know I do not is by making decisions without going to God first . Another way I do not always wait on the Lord is by ignoring what the Bible says to do and not to do. We see in the story of Elijah (1 King 17) that he went to King Ahab and told him that there was going to be a drought. In verse 7 we see that Elijah not only was going through the drought as well but was told to wait on the Lord. It says, “And after a while the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.” Elijah was going through the drought too, but he was told to wait at the brook until God told him to move. To wait on the Lord means sometimes staying put or sometimes it is moving when he says go but you are putting all your trust in the Lord.
