Courage

Courage. Life demands we be courageous doesn't it? Courage isn't merely something that exists in extraordinary circumstances though some will argue that it does. For some people day to day life takes courage, in fact for a lot of people. Life holds many challenges and for some merely getting through a day is remarkable. Our hearts can grow weak and we need them to be strengthened and only the Lord can do that for us. People will tell others to be strong, to pull themselves together, to take care of themselves, they will point to a person and tell them only they can fix themselves and that leaves a person of little courage very little, in not no hope at all because they have no faith at all in themselves to be able to fix themselves, to manufacture courage from thin air. We have to point to someone much stronger than we are, someone that isn't just another person able to let us down because even the most celebrated person with an ability to help others will let people down. Only God can truly help us. God asks us to trust Him and when we turn from trusting Him to trying to trust ourselves or other people we will always fail, maybe not immediately because Satan loves to set us up for great falls, but we will fail when we put our trust anywhere but in the Lord.


We need to wait on the Lord. Wait. People don't like to wait, they consider waiting a waste of time that could be otherwise used elsewhere doing better things. If they have to wait, why it better be a short wait, the shorter the better. When we are told to wait on the Lord we are told to be of 'good courage'.


courage (kûr´îj, kùr´-) noun
The state or quality of mind or spirit that enables one to face danger, fear, or vicissitudes with self-possession, confidence, and resolution; bravery.


Good courage- able to face danger, fear... It's plausible to say that good courage enables us to face life without falling apart.


'Wait on the Lord be of good courage and he shall strengthen thine heart, wait, I say, on the LORD.'


Wait...trust, believe, have faith in the Lord, the Lord will strengthen our hearts, but we need to wait on Him. Jesus said, 'In the world ye shall have tribulation...but be of good cheer...I have overcome the world.'


WE SHALL HAVE TRIBULATION!

Tribulation is never fun, never easy and is often painful in many ways. Our courage has to be found in the LORD knowing that HE overcame the world for us. We have to wait on the LORD, trust in the LORD, be of good cheer-- find our happiness in knowing Jesus overcame the world for us.


By the grace and mercy of our Lord, by the righteousness of our Savior, in His love now and forever.


Amen.


Psa 27:14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.


Psa 31:24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.


Joh 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.


cheer
tharseo?
thar-seh'-o
From G2294; to have courage: - be of good cheer (comfort). Compare G2292.


Act 28:15 And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage.