Wait on the Lord

Should we as Christians wait on the Lord to fix things in our lives?  When most people say, "Wait on the Lord," they are referring to the scripture in the bible that reads, "Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD."  (Psalms 27:14 KJVS)  Most people read this verse as saying when you're going through rough times in your life, whether marital problems, financial pressure, that one should just "hang in there", wait on the Lord and be of good courage.  This often puts people into a "sit-down, don't do anything and don't move" attitude.  One of the most relevant definitions I've found for the word "wait" is "To remain or rest in expectation".  This means to stay in expectation by staying mindful of Him and what He promised.  In order to do that you have to have an active relationship with God.  I know when I'm waiting on my wife to get ready to go somewhere, I'm checking on her status, I'm talking to her to see if there is anything I need to do on my end to help her get ready, because I'm waiting in expectation for her to be ready to go.

However, there are a few more references in the King James Version of the bible with the exact phrase "wait on the Lord".

Psa. 37:34 Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. This verse seems to carry the tone that I'm getting at in this post.  It says that you have to wait and keep His way in order for him to lift you up to a place to inherit the land.

Prov. 20:22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.  This seems to be inline with what I heard a minister say one Sunday when he said that, "To wait on the on the Lord means to wait on him like a waiter waits on you at a resturant.  In other words, to wait on the Lord means to serve Him.  It's hard to serve someone without obeying them and doing what they told you to do.

Job 36:11 says "If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures."

So to answer the question, "Should we wait on the Lord to fix our problems?", the answer is yes if we know how to wait on the Lord.