Be an Olive Tree!

David was constantly being pursued by Saul and many of his psalms show how he cries out to God for refuge and help from his enemies.  Psalm 52 is one of these.  He talks about wicked and evil men and what will happen to them in the end.  Then in verse 8 there is a contrast:

“But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God;
I trust in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever.
I will give You thanks forever, because You have done it,
And I will wait on Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your godly ones.”  Psalm 52:8-9

I want to be an Olive Tree!  I want to trust in the lovingkindness of God forever!!  (I once learned in a Bible Study that God’s lovingkindness is His covenant with us…and covenant is important in the Bible).  I want to give thanks to God forever!  Why?  Because He has done it!  Done what you ask?He is King, He is sovereign and He has saved me by sending His son Jesus to die for me!  And I want to wait on His name…of course the word name caught my eye.  I wondered, what does it mean to wait on God’s name?

 I went to my Logos software and I was so excited to find out that this Hebrew verb “to wait on” means:  hope for, look for, i.e., look forward with confidence to that which is good and beneficial, often with a focus of anticipation in a future event.  It also means to look eagerly for.  The future event that came to my mind was of course when Jesus returns…what better thing to “wait eagerly for”.  I really like the word, eagerly!  It seems to have so much meaning…yet how often am I eagerly waiting for God/Jesus?  Waiting eagerly for His Name makes me think of Philippians 2:9-11:

For this reason also, God highly exalted Him (Jesus), and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name,  SO THAT AT THE NAME OF JESUS, EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

My prayer today is that I might wait for you eagerly, LORD, for you and your Son!  That everything I do each day is with eagerness and expectation of what You will do that day and will do in the future.  May it be so…Amen and amen!