Wait on the Lord Bible Verses

　　Wait on the Lord - Scripture Quotes for Waiting upon God Read Bible verses about how and why to "wait on the Lord." Be inspired by the Word of God to be patient in hope and faith. Let us trust in God and wait upon Him! "But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint." (Isaiah 40:31) "Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!" (Psalm 27:14) Transcribed from the video above: Garrett Kell: I think about waiting on the Lord, there's a particular passage in the Book of Psalms, Psalm 130 verses five and six say, "I wait for the Lord, my soul waits and in his word I hope. My soul waits for the Lord more than the watchman for the morning, more than the watchman for the morning." Waiting upon the Lord there's a believing trust that God's in control of everything and that he knows what we don't know and he sees what we don't see. So in light of that we can step back and say, God, your timing is going to be best. Another passage that I often refer to as First Peter 5:5 speaking of humbling ourselves under the mighty hand of God that he may exalt us at the proper time. So whether we're waiting on a spouse or a job or maybe a sickness to go away or whatever it is that we're facing, there's a constant trust where we say, God, I'm waiting for your time and I'm resting in you and in your sovereignty, knowing that you love your children and you care for them and that you know when I'm ready for something and what it is that I'm ready for. So I'm going to trust you. A lot of times, while we're waiting on the Lord, say now what do I do? Do I just sit back and just do nothing and what I've found and when you look through the scriptures, it seems that while we're waiting on big answers for questions that we have, let's be faithful in what it is that we do know that we're supposed to be doing. And as we do that, oftentimes I find that the Lord is answering some of our questions that we have or things that we're waiting for in that. So it's in our obedience and following what we do know that oftentimes we discover the answers to the things that we don't know. Or that God uses that to put us in the right place to bring about some of the things that we've been waiting on. So patient waiting on the Lord, isn't some kind of passive thing but it's an active engagement with what we already do know, trusting that God will guide us where he wants us. Photo credit:istock/getty images plus/bartekszewczyk