WAIT ON THY GOD CONTINUALLY

 

EVENING DEVOTION by James Smith

MARCH 5

 

Hosea 12:6

Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy 

and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

 
A waiting frame is a holy frame.
 
It is a calm and quiet mind, living before the Lord’s throne, exercising faith in his word, hoping in his mercy, endeavouring to do his will, and patiently submitting to his pleasure.
 
The waiting soul sees God in all things, realizes God as present every where, and acknowledges his hand in every event. Wait on thy God continually, so will you be safe in every season of danger, happy under all your numerous trials, and find the Lord putting honour upon you in his ordinances.
 
Wait on the Lord as the industrious servant, on his kind and careful master; as the consistent maiden, on her thoughtful and benevolent mistress: as the affectionate child, on his loving and beloved parent.
 
Wait on him, for he approves of the exercise.
 
Wait on him, for he requires it at your hand.
 
Wait on him, for he rewards it with a blessing.
 
“Wait on the Lord, be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart, wait, I say, in the Lord.”
 
Have you been waiting on you God to-day?
 
Are you in a quiet waiting frame tonight?
 
Can you say, “I wait for the Lord, and in his word do I hope?”
 
Beware of impatience.
 

Wait, believing on the Lord,

Still let courage cheer thy heart;

Wait-for faithful is his word,

He will grace and strength impart.

 
James Smith