“I wait for the Lord, my soul does wait, And in His word do I hope.” (Psalm 130:5)

One of the things I had to do most in the hospital was to wait. Waiting for the nurse, for pain medications, for various tests, for healing, for the morning to come, and finally to go home. My hospital stay was a series of events centered on waiting.

The psalmist also was waiting. The Hebrew word “wait” he used means to “look forward with confidence and eager expectation to that which is good and beneficial.” Now, the psalmist was not just waiting, he was waiting on the Lord. He was patiently, but eagerly looking to his Lord, the promise keeper. This was no casual exercise on his part. He says, “my soul does wait.” Here is a waiting that is wholehearted. With his entire being he was looking forward to the Lord to work in his circumstances.

This waiting does not function in a void. The psalmist was waiting with hope. This hope means to be in a state of expectancy. Why could he do this? God’s Word. He had a certainty of expectation because he knew God’s Word cannot fail.

Do we realize that life is filled with a series of waiting for something or someone? So, what or who are we waiting for? I hope its not for our ship to come in (Mine sank a long time ago). Let’s face it. Life is filled with uncertainties and disappointments. Many times, the weight of our circumstances crush us. So, we should be like the psalmist, waiting for the Lord with our whole hearts, while fully trusting His Word. With an attitude like this, waiting is no longer a burden but an expectancy of joy.

In Christ,

Pastor Stevens