I WAIT FOR THE LORD.

 

APRIL 4.
I wait for the Lord.
Psalm 130:5
 

THIS is a blessing posture,
  but it is often a trying one.
 
Every Christian has to wait, and
  waiting is for his good.
 
“It is good that a man should both hope and
  quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.”
 
We are kept waiting to try us - are we sincere?
Are we in earnest?
Do we value the blessing?
 
To stir us up;
  we are apt to become formal,
  to settle on our lees,
  to sink into lukewarmness.
 
Then comes a trial,
  this sends us to the Lord.
He does not appear.
  We go again.
    We get no answer.
       We must wait.
 
This rouses our energies,
  reproves our folly, and
  makes us more decided and determined.
 
It is to teach us our dependence.
We are apt to forget,
   or lose sight of this.
 
We get conceited, or vain.
 
Then comes something which shows us
   that we cannot do without LORD.
 
We go to him.
  He seems to turn a deaf ear to us.
   We go again.
     We must wait.
 
This humbles us, and
  brings us into our proper place.
 
Beloved, is there any particular blessing
    which you need?
 
Have you asked of God?
 
Does he delay to give it?
 
Wait for him.
 
He will appear.
 
His time is the best.
 
Wait patiently.
 
 
 

For God, I look; with strong desires,

To God my ardent soul aspires;

And hope, still waiting for the Lord,

Rest on the promise of his word.

 
James Smith 1849