“I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in His word I do hope. My soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning---Yes, more than those who watch for the morning” (Psalm130:5-6).
Waiting on the Lord is one of the most difficult tasks a child of God will ever do. Waiting punishes the natural mind, breaks down the human will, and strains our emotions. However, waiting in faith produces godly results.
The Psalmist speaks of the longings of his soul when he says, “I wait for the Lord. . . .” Why does he wait? He waits because the Lord Himself has orchestrated his life; his times are in the hands of the Lord, and he knows it. He is hemmed in by God, totally given over to Him. He can no longer do his own will, being his Lord's prisoner. He has no will to step outside his Master's will, but he maintains the posture of watching and waiting because that is his Lord's design for him. He waits because the Lord has given him a word.
We all have received a word from the Lord whether through reading the Scriptures, in conversation with a friend, or from a sermon through the pastor. When the Lord gives us a word, that word should be life to us. When we understand that God has given us a word, our understanding of that word creates in us an expectation. This expectation says that there will be a fulfillment of the Word of the Lord. The writer says, “. . . and in His Word I do hope.” In this phrase, we have a clear depiction of one who has been given a word by the Lord and now spends his time waiting, meditating on God and searching out His Word.
The waiting is only tolerable as you meditate on His Word and focus on His Truth. Sometimes the waiting can seem infinitely long, and the darkness of the circumstances can seem overwhelming. During these times, we should recall Isaiah's words, “For since the beginning of the world men have not heard nor perceived by the ear, nor has the eye seen any God besides You, who acts for the one who waits for Him” (64:4).
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Although I have been saved since 1991, I am discovering I am a baby, a newborn baby in the kingdom of God and I am enjoying it. I have waited for truth and I have truth. I have it because I have faith in Truth. Wow, I can go on and on about waiting for spiritual and natural things. I have discovered I wasn't waiting in faith. I was waiting alright, it wasn't in faith. The 9 fruit of the Spirit are so powerful. Faith is a must-have in order for my soul to have total freedom and abundance in God. I know this, I am a witness to this blog. The Word is life to me because I learn more of Him, the one who saved my soul from hell. My Redeemer, my Potter, my friend. I get so excited when I learn anything about Kingdom, and I expect change and I have a strong desire to enforce whatever it is I have learned. I learned Sunday that my character is becoming more like one of Christ Jesus. The Beatitudes have come alive. Yet, I almost knew them by heart for so many years. They have come alive within me by my faith in God. I love Him so much. I thank God through faith my soul shall wait on God for all things in my life. It is only for good anyway.
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