I will STAND like a guard to watch and place myself at the tower.
I will WAIT to see what the Lord will say to me.
– Habakkuk 2:1

Stand and Wait – What does it mean?

If you are aware of the chaos and evil enveloping our world, you have no doubt been inspired to action in one way or another. In this moment, at this late hour – we need to be sure to seek God’s will for how we spend our time.

Ephesians 6:13This is why you must take up the full armor of God, so that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having prepared everything, to take your stand. 

Deuteronomy 5:31But you stand here with Me, and I will tell you every command—the statutes and ordinances—you are to teach them, so that they may follow them in the land I am giving them to possess.

Habakkuk 2:1 (NCV) – I will stand like a guard to watch
    and place myself at the tower.
I will wait to see what he will say to me;

Proverbs 20:22Don’t say, “I will avenge this evil!”
Wait on the Lord, and He will rescue you.

Luke 12:36You must be like people waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.


Ephesians 6:10-18Finally, be strengthened by the Lord and by His vast strength. 11 Put on the full armor of God so that you can stand against the tactics[a] of the Devil. 12 For our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world powers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens. 13 This is why you must take up the full armor of God, so that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having prepared everything, to take your stand. 14 Stand, therefore,

with truth like a belt around your waist,
righteousness like armor on your chest,
15 and your feet sandaled with readiness
for the gospel of peace.
16 In every situation take the shield of faith,
and with it you will be able to extinguish
all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
17 Take the helmet of salvation,
and the sword of the Spirit,
which is God’s word.

18 Pray at all times in the Spirit with every prayer and request, and stay alert in this with all perseverance and intercession for all the saints.

All scriptures quoted on this site are from the Holman Christian Standard Bible unless otherwise noted.