This is what I was reading and
studying this morning. The exposition is by Spurgeon. It is a bit longer
than what we usually post, but I hope it is as encouraging to you as it
was to me. I think it's worth the read!!!
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 shall appear
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." I wait and I wait -- mark the repetition! "My soul waits", and
then again, "My soul waits"; to make sure work of the waiting. It is
well to deal with the Lord intensely. 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
patience.
And in his word do I hope. This is the source, strength,
and sweetness of waiting. 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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