Psalm 27:14 Wait on the LORD;
Be of good courage,
And He shall strengthen your heart;
Wait, I say, on the LORD!
The word “wait” is the Hebrew word qavah and it means to wait, look for, hope, expect. Just a little over 40 days ago, I received the Word from FATHER to “wait on THE LORD”. This was a personal call for my wife and I to seek HIS FACE by setting ourselves apart for a period of time.
We were called to this time of separation but for what purpose? Why did David write these words? It was in response to hearing FATHER’S Voice: When You said, “Seek My face,” My heart said to You, “Your face, LORD, I will seek.” (Psalm 27:9)
To Solomon, FATHER spoke these words in 2 Chronicles chapter 7:
12 Then the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him: “I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.
13 When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among My people,
14 if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
15 Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer made in this place.
16 For now I have chosen and sanctified this house, that My name may be there forever; and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.
When we “seek HIS Face” we are seeking HIS manifested Presence in our lives. If it were not possible, HE would not have spoken this promise to David and Solomon. In David’s case (In Psalm 27), David is proclaiming several things:
The LORD is my light and my salvation;
The LORD is the strength of my life;
One thing I have desired of the LORD, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD All the days of my life,
To behold the beauty of the LORD,
And to inquire in His temple.
For in the time of trouble, He shall hide me in His pavilion;
In the secret place of His tabernacle, He shall hide me;
He shall set me high upon a rock.
FATHER has called us to turn away from a soulish, wicked path to the path of righteousness. In response, HE will forgive us and heal our land. Believe me, our land desperately needs healed. It is HIS desire to not only dwell in our personal temples but to manifest Himself to us personally or to a much greater degree. The Key that unlocks the door to this temple is Love. Since David was a man of war, FATHER chose to have his son Solomon, a man of peace to build the earthly temple. We must turn away from “war” as well and have peace in our lives. How? Pursue Love. In 2 Timothy chapter 2, Paul encourages us:
20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for honor and some for dishonor.
21 Therefore if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.
22 Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
23 But avoid foolish and ignorant disputes, knowing that they generate strife.
24 And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient,
What is the result of a pure heart? Jesus tells us in Matthew chapter 5:8, “Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God.”
Now is the time to wait on THE LORD and seek HIS Face for you will behold HIS Beauty and as this occurs, HIS Beauty will flow through you for all to behold as well. You will be a vessel of honor and bring forth the Kingdom of GOD to this earth.