Quvah

I will make you my promised bride forever. I will be good and fair, I will show you my love and mercy. HOSEA 2:19.

Lead me in your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; On You I wait all the day. — Psalm 25:5

But as for me, I trust in You, O Lord; I say, “You are my God.” My times are in Your hand; Delier me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me. — Psalm 31:14, 15

“And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You. Deliver me from all my transgressions; Do not make me the reproach of the foolish. — Psalm 39:7, 8

Truly my soul silently waits for God; From Him comes my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved. — Psalm 62:1, 2

But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint. — Isaiah 40:31


In the past couple of weeks I have needed a lot of patience. I felt as though the more impatient I was, the more "lessons" in patience I received. After coming across all these verses on waiting on the Lord, I began to grasp that virtue that we all sometimes lack a little better. The title "Quvah" is the hebrew translation of the word wait. But the definition isn't the same as the English, Webster's definition of wait. It can be defined in a lot of ways, but none of which mean just hang around until something happens: "eagerly waits, expect, expected, gathered, hope, hoped, hopefully, wait, hoping, look, look eagerly, looked, wait, waited, waited for you eagerly, waited patiently. To look hopefully in a particular direction. Be alert, watching the events and activities of the Lord and reacting to His timing and direction. Indeed, the word is translated "look" as often as any other term."
When you plug in any of those definitions for the above verses, patience becomes more than just a virtue you need and want when driving down I275 hitting malfunction junction at rush hour. It become more than just something you pray for and ask God to give you in your daily walk.

Quvah- Truly my soul "is hoping eagerly" for God. On you, God, I will HOPE all the day. There's more to it than patiently waiting for something to happen, or not happen. It's knowing that no matter HOW long it takes, you are so trusting in the Lord and HIS timing, impatiently waiting turns into hoping eagerly for what He has next planned and not expecting it at any given time. I say this a lot, but God's timing is impeccable. It's orchestrated perfectly!! When I see His plan on my life take place each day, I'm still amazed at how it works together every time..even when 24 hours prior I was trying to understand the WHY of things He was doing in my life that I thought I didn't want or need. Everything God does is good, even if we don't know it right then. God is always on time :)