Daily Bible Verse - 11/08/2007 - Psalm 27:14

Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.

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

Wait for the LORD; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the LORD.

Psalm 27:14

Commentary

To wait on the Lord is to demonstrate confident expectation. The Hebrew word for wait may also be translated "hope." To hope in God is to wait for His timing and His action (40:1; Is. 40:31).

Radmacher, E. D., Allen, R. B., & House, H. W. (1999). Nelson's new illustrated Bible commentary (Ps 27:14). Nashville: T. Nelson Publishers.

Did you know?
The composition of the psalms stretched over 1,000 miles (from Egypt to Babylon) and 1,000 years (from the Exodus to the Exile).

Miller, S. M., & Gross, P. (1998). How to get into the Bible. Includes index. (151). Nashville: T. Nelson Publishers.

Daily Bible Verse - 11/7/2007 - 1 Peter 2:16

Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.

As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

Act as free men, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bondslaves of God.

1 Peter 2:16

Commentary

Christian liberty is a central truth of the New Testament. "If you abide in My word," Jesus said, "then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" (John 8:31-32). "Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty" (2 Cor. 3:17). "It was for freedom that Christ set us free" (Gal. 5:1).

But Christian liberty is not unbridled license. It is never freedom to sin, and often it should exclude things that in themselves are not sin but that may become sinful or lead others to sin. Peter says, "Act as free men, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bond-slaves of God" (1 Pet. 2:16).

MacArthur, J. (1996, c1984). 1 Corinthians. Includes indexes. (189). Chicago: Moody Press.