Waiting in Trust and Expectation

David's awareness and trust of God's promises earned him the title "a man after God's own heart." There is a phrase he uses often throughout the psalms: Wait on the Lord. But what does this phrase mean?

If I wait on someone, that means that I am probably waiting for a person to show up to a scheduled meeting. After all, you don't wait for someone you don't expect to show. I would not wait for someone who, five minutes past the scheduled time, had still not arrived and was a generally untrustworthy person.

The implication of waiting is expectation. You only wait for the person that you expect to 'show up.' The implication in David and God's relationship is obvious: David expected God to show up.

Also, you don't wait for someone who you don't want to show up. Perhaps you would, but not without the burden of obligation. This is not the situation between David and God. David's waiting is free of obligation and loaded with expectation. David desperately wants God to show up while also trusting that God will show up.

In Psalm 27:14, David says, "Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!"

So I guess this begs two questions of ourselves. First, in accordance with waiting on the Lord, do we expect God to show up? Do we expect God to be in our situation? Do we know that God will be there when we need him and that he is trustworthy? 

Second, do we want God to show up? Many may say, "Well of course I do!" But is that true? Think about it. Are you ever afraid of what God may have to say to you if he were to show up? Are you ever worried that you won't be able to take to heart what God has to say? 

Do you want God to show up? Do you trust God to show up?

Are you waiting?

Do