White Stone Prophetic Word
James Trivette 12.22.2011

Wait on Me

For as David patiently waited upon the fulfillment of My word, so must you wait on the fulfillment of My words to you.  But know that as you wait, I work.  For as you wait patiently, you are trusting Me and demonstrating faith in Me and in My words.  Your faith in waiting will result in a great reward.  For as David waited many years to inherit the Kingdom, he found great favor with Me and received a kingdom that will stand forever.  For while he waited on Me. I built an everlasting kingdom by My hands that he was given as an inheritance.  For that which I am building now will be willed by Me to those of My choosing.  For I am working now with all haste and diligence to build that which is greater than you can even imagine.  So wait upon me, prepare yourself in faith and righteousness, and receive My favor.  For that which I am doing on your behalf is worthy of the wait.  Wait on Me.

Psalms 37:9

For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.

Psalms 130:5-6

I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope.  My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning

Psalms 40:1-3

I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.  He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.  And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.

Isaiah 40:30-31

Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Commentary

The Word for “wait” in the Hebrew is “qavah” but in the NIV version it is often translated “hope”.  The word is most used in the bible by David in Psalms and by Isaiah.  Qavah has both a literal and figurative meaning.  The figurative is to wait and hope while the literal is to bind or twist together like a rope.  I believe that though there are several Hebrew words that are often translated “wait” and “hope”,  David and Isaiah both chose qavah because of combined meaning.  When David and Isaiah said “wait upon the Lord”, they meant to wait patiently in hope and expectation while being twisted together as a rope with Him and his promise.  If a weak thread is twisted into a rope with a strong thread, the rope is still strong and able to hold.  Therefore, I believe God is preparing us to be strong and hopeful to endure and receive the reward.  Both David and Isaiah had great promises from God. 

The word above also implies that as we wait, God is working to fulfill His word.  We tend to think of waiting as passive, but qavah waiting seems to imply the God Himself is working on our behalf while we bind with Him in faith and agreement.  Could it be that God is actually preparing the way and doing the work that would be impossible for us to do while we qavah (wait)?

Is it possible also that the corollary might be true that if we don’t qavah (wait is faith), that God’s work on our behalf is impeded or even stopped?

The word also implies that it is our part to expect and prepare for the promise.  One of the strongest warnings in the bible is to watch (expectantly) and prepare for the return of Jesus.  The warning is so critical that half of the “virgins” that are waiting for His return do not enter into marriage with Him on His return because they are not “ready”, and these are “virgins” that fully expected to marry Jesus on His return (Matt 25).  So we must prepare and be ready to receive the promise and watch and wait in faith.

Isaiah adds more to the promise of qavah in 40:31 by saying that we can even renew our strength and our youth through qavah. 

Psalm 40 shows that David needed qavah to be redeemed from the miry pit.  A miry pit is deep and impossible to get out of without help.  But David used qavah to endure until God redeemed him and set his feet upon the solid rock.  Are you in a situation that only God can free you from?  What has God told you?  Are you waiting patiently with hope, trust and expectation on your redemption?  Are you preparing to do what God has called you to do when He sets your feet upon the solid rock of Jesus?

David was anointed as king of Israel, and endured great difficulty with qavah (waiting upon the Lord) to receive the promise and inherit all of Israel.  Isaiah and David received most of the promises of the Messiah in the Old Testament.   Therefore, understanding their meaning for qavah (waiting upon the Lord) is of great value as we wait for the imminent return of Jesus the Messiah.