Esperar no Senhor
Esperar no Senhor é ato de fé e confiança. A Bíblia promete que os que esperam em Deus renovam as forças, recebem direção e experimentam a fidelidade divina no tempo certo.
Renovar as forças
Os que esperam no Senhor renovam as forças. Sobem como águias, correm e não se cansam, caminham e não se fatigam.
but they that wait on God shall renew their strength; they shall put forth new feathers like eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not hunger.
And the Lord will again wait, that he may pity you, and will therefore be exalted that he may have mercy upon you: because the Lord your God is a judge: blessed are they that stay themselves upon him.
A Psalm of David.
To thee, O Lord, have I cried; my God, be not silent toward me: lest thou be silent toward me, and so I should be likened to them that go down to the pit. Hearken to the voice of my supplication, when I pray to thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy temple. Draw not away my soul with sinners, and destroy me not with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace with their neighbours, but evils are in their hearts. Give them according to their works, and according to the wickedness of their devices: give them according to the works of their hands; render their recompence unto them. Because they have not attended to the works of the Lord, even to the works of his hands, thou shalt pull them down, and shalt not build them up.
Blessed be the Lord, for he has hearkened to the voice of my petition. The Lord is my helper and my defender; my heart has hoped in him, and I am helped: my flesh has revived, and willingly will I give praise to him. The Lord is the strength of his people, and the saving defender of his anointed.
Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: and take care of them, and lift them up for ever.
Espera paciente
Esperei com paciência no Senhor e Ele se inclinou para mim. Confie nele e descanse — Ele agirá no tempo certo.
For the end, a Psalm of David.
Blessed is the man who thinks on the poor and needy: the Lord shall deliver him in an evil day. May the Lord preserve him and keep him alive, and bless him on the earth, and not deliver him into the hands of his enemy. May the Lord help him upon the bed of his pain; thou hast made all his bed in his sickness.
I said, O Lord, have mercy upon me; heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee. Mine enemies have spoken evil against me, saying, When shall he die, and his name perish? And if he came to see me, his heart spoke vainly; he gathered iniquity to himself; he went forth and spoke in like manner. All my enemies whispered against me; against me they devised my hurt. They denounced a wicked word against me, saying, Now that he lies, shall he not rise up again? For even the man of my peace, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, lifted up his heel against me.
But thou, O Lord, have compassion upon me, and raise me up, and I shall requite them. By this I know that thou hast delighted in me, because mine enemy shall not rejoice over me. But thou didst help me because of mine innocence, and hast established me before thee for ever. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. So be it, so be it.
Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but out of them all the Lord will deliver them. He keeps all their bones: not one of them shall be broken. The death of sinners is evil: and they that hate righteousness will go wrong.
Thus will I bless thee during my life: I will lift up my hands in thy name.
Confiança e perseverança
Confie no Senhor de todo o coração. Sede pacientes na tribulação — o Senhor é fiel e cumprirá todas as suas promessas.
Trust in God with all thine heart; and be not exalted in thine own wisdom. In all thy ways acquaint thyself with her, that she may rightly direct thy paths.