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Posted by Psalms on Tuesday, 9 February 2016
Psalms 130:5
I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
130:5. I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait. Expecting him to come to me in love, I quietly wait for his appearing; I wait upon him in service, and for him in faith. For God I wait and for him only: if he will manifest himself I shall have nothing more to wait for; but until he appears for my help I must wait on, hoping even in the depths. This waiting of mine is no mere formal act; my very soul is in it—my soul doth wait. If the Lord Jehovah makes us wait, let us do so with our whole hearts, for blessed are all they that wait for him. He is worth waiting for. The waiting itself is beneficial to us: it tries faith, exercises patience, trains submission, and endears the blessing when it comes. The Lord’s people have always been a waiting people: they waited for the First Advent, and now they wait for the Second. They waited for a sense of pardon, and now they wait for perfect sanctification. They waited in the depths, and they are not now wearied with waiting in a happier condition. They have cried and they do wait; probably their past prayer sustains their present practice.
And in his word do I hope. This is the source, strength, and sweetness of waiting. Those who do not hope cannot wait; but if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. God’s Word is a true Word, but at times it tarries; if ours is true faith it will wait the Lord’s time. A Word from the Lord is as bread to the soul of the believer; and, refreshed thereby, it holds out through the night of sorrow expecting the dawn of deliverance and delight. Waiting, we study the Word, believe the Word, hope in the Word, and live on the Word; and all because it is his word, the Word of him who never speaks in vain. Jehovah’s Word is a firm ground for a waiting soul to rest upon.
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