As members of the body of Christ, our eyes wait upon the Lord our God.
Individually we can say "Unto thee lift I up mine eyes" Psalm 123:1
"Thee is the familiar term",
just as we each might say "Glory be to the Father, and to thee Lord Jesus,
and to the Holy Spirit.
We each walk with Jesus who is with us ( God - With - Us ),
When we open our mouths in prayer and the Holy Spirit gives us utterance
we pray in the Spirit.
Psalm 123:1-2 KJV
1 Unto thee lift I up mine eyes.
O thou that dwellest in the heavens,
2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto
the hand of their masters,
And as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress;
So our eyes wait upon the LORD our God.
Psalm 25:5 NASB
1 To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul,
4 Make me know Your ways, O LORD;
teach me Your paths.
5 Lead me in Your truth and teach me
for you are the God of my salvation;
for you I wait all day.
As individual believers we address our LORD
asking Him to teach and lead us.
"Make me know your ways" is a one to one request
for one to one revelation.
We all need the same saviour
and to be in harmony with the rest of the body of Christ,
We need to be filled with the same Spirit.
Psalm 130 : 5-6 NKJV
5 I wait for the LORD, my soul waits
And in His word I do hope.
6 My soul waits for the Lord
More than those who watch for the morning ---
Yes, more than those who watch for the morning.
Our lives are focused on our Lord,
on His purposes and the inclinations of His heart.
We put our trust in Him and His word.
Our hopes arise from and are founded in the word of God.
For different people a new dawn can signal;-
the first day of a new job,
the end of a prison sentence,
the day of your driving test
your birthday
your operation
the day you fly off on holiday,
election day,
the day of your exam results,
the day you move into your new home,
the day you are called to active service,
the day you inherit a fortune,
or your first day at school.
But for members of the body of Christ,
more than all those waiting for the morning,
our soul waits for the Lord
"From the morning watch even till night" Douay - Rheims Bible.
Psalm 110:3
Your people will be volunteers in the day of your power;
In the beauty of holiness
from the womb of the morning
You have the dew of your youth.
The nature of the members of the body of Christ is shown here ;-
they are volunteers.
In the beauty of holiness, and right from the start,
the blessing of heaven rests on them !
These messengers of God are a cohort of courage and love,
riding out in the love of Jesus,
in the power of the holy spirit,
and in heavenly blessing.
Psalm 25:21 KJV
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me
for I wait in Thee.
Psalm 27:14 KJV
Wait on the LORD
Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart.
Wait I say on the LORD.
Those who wait on the Lord have integrity, and uprightness,
are of good courage and are strengthened in heart
by the Lord on whom they wait.
Psalm 38:20 NASB
Our soul waits for the LORD;
He is our help and our shield.
Psalm 37:7-9 + 34
7 Rest in the LORD and wait patiently for Him
Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way
because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.
8 Cease from anger and forsake wrath
Do not fret, it leads only to evildoing.
9 For evildoers will be cut off
But those who wait on the Lord will inherit the land
34 Wait for the LORD and keep His way
And he will exalt you to inherit the land
When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.
We have to keep our focus on the LORD
We need to continue in His love and remember that His purpose
for us , is the most wholesome and the most awesome .
Putting our trust in our Lord, to enable and protect us,
We are not to be distracted by the wicked who prosper.
We are not to fret at those who take legal shortcuts
at the expense of the upright.
In the body of Christ we do not fret.
We are at one, in harmony with the Lord's loving purposes.
Everyone in the body of Christ is looking at the hand of our master,
eagerly, with loving intent to do our Lord's bidding.
The loving harmony in the body of Christ
is uplifting and beautiful.......as the hymn of the angels.
Psalm 39:7 NASB
And now, LORD for what do I wait ?
my hope is in you.
Psalm 40:1 NASB
I waited patiently for the LORD
and He inclined to me and heard my cry.
Ephesians 4:11-12 NASB
11 And He gave some as apostles and some as prophets,
and some as evangelists; and some as pastors and teachers.
12 for the equiping of the saints for the work of service,
to the building up of the body of CHRIST.
We believers, the 21st Century members of the body of Christ;
are waiting and focusing on the LORD, in whom our hope rests.
"We believe in the power of partnership.
When people with the same heart are willing to serve one another
with different giftings, we can see extraordinary things happen."
LONDON CITY MISSION
1 Peter 4:10 ESV
As each person has received a gift, use it to serve one another
as good stewards of God's varied grace.
This is a call to love filled unity
Psalm 52: 8-9 NASB
8 I am like a green olive tree in the house of God.
I trust in the loving kindness of God for ever and ever
9 I will give You thanks forever, because You have done it,
and I will wait on your name, for it is good,
in the presence of Your godly ones.
In the body of CHRIST , we are each like flourishing olive trees.
We completely trust in the goodness of God.
We are full of gratitude and give thanks for all that the Lord has done
and continues to do.
We wait on His Name : We focus on His authority.
As part of the body of Christ we wait in His righteousness.
We wait in the righteous fellowship of the body of Christ.
Psalm 62 : 1-2 NASB
1 My soul waits in silence for God only;
From Him is my salvation.
2 He is my rock and my salvation,
My stronghold; I shall not be greatly shaken.
Psalm 62 : 5-6-7 NLT
5 I wait quietly before God,
for my hope is in Him.
6 He alone is my rock and my salvation,
my fortress where I shall not be shaken,
7 my salvation and my honour come from God alone.
He is my refuge, a rock where no enemy can reach me.
Waiting on His Name does indicate our giving the Lord
our loving attention ;-
attention to His will , His word, His love , His purpose, and His authority.
His word illuminates what we are currently called to do in the body of Christ.
In the body of Christ we wait only upon God, because our expectations is from Him.
He is our refuge; where no enemy can reach us ! This too adds something
for those currently in the fellowship of those who are waiting on the LORD.
Psalm 145:15 KJV, The eyes of all wait upon thee:
Psalm 145:15 NASB The eyes of all look to you
Psalm 147:11 NLT
the Lord's delight is in those who honor Him,
those who put their hope in His unfailing love.
NASB
Those who wait for His loving kindness.