“I wait for the LORD, my whole being waits, and in His word I put my HOPE.” Psalm 130:5
This passage of text reminds us to trust God in the various waiting seasons! Did you know waiting is another way to praise the Lord?! To be honest, back in the day, I never associated waiting on God with praising God. The wait factor for me back then only meant that God was moving too slow!
Later in life, I found that waiting was actually an attitude and a posture. The attitude is not negative rather it’s an expectation of hope and the posture reflects an attitude of trust. Psalm 130:5 highligts that the attitude and posture of waiting involves one’s whole being eagerly longing – expectantly and hopefully. It involves tarrying and trust. The well-known waiting in Isaiah 40:31 points to a continual waiting upon the Lord. The prophet said, “But those who trust [wait] in the LORD will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.”
My brothers and sisters, there will be tough days, we will get tired. But we must trust and hope in His ways and His perfect timing. Our blessings are coming. And while we are waiting remebwr that our prayers can make a big difference. Waiting is a place of trust and hope, not anquish and defeat.
I don’t know if you are in a season of wait like me and so many, but I invite you to pray with me today:
Father God, Son and Holy Spirit, we praise and thank You that You hear us when we cry out of the depths to You. As you know the deep calls the deep! Almighty Father, we thank You that You are totally trustworthy and that You are all-knowing. You know when we rise and when we sit down. You know the beginning and the end of all things – including the unsettling, troublesome and worrisome things happening in our lives and world today. In our stillness, quietness, hope, and trust we choose to praise You now and over these next days, weeks, and months by waiting upon. For you are Lord. You are the Almighty One. We gratefully and humbly come through Jesus’ precious blood to sit at Your feet in the Most Holy Place (Heb 10:19). Like David, we choose in this place to have our whole being wait upon You and unequivocally choose to do this expectantly, joyfully and hopefully!! In Jesus; He is always on time and it’s worth the wait name, amen, amen, and amen!
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