Psalm 130:5-6 – 5 I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in His word I put my hope. 6 I wait for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning.
In the midst of celebration, at the cresting of wave of victory, from the highest mountaintop, when joy has exploded about me, still Lord, yes, still Lord, I wait for You. It is Your presence that is my life. I relish the blessings You send. They are proof of Your love to me. They are from You and with them I am delighted and thankful. Yet still Lord, I wait for You. It is for You my soul seeks. A chick sees its mother return from her hunt, and opens its mouth to receive blessings of life. It does not wonder if the mother will pour food into its mouth. It stretches its neck and opens it mouth in full expectation of receiving from its mother. Even more Lord, even more, do I wait on You. My hope is in You, my hope is in Your Word. You have revealed Yourself to me through acts of love and through Your Word. At one time, I only knew of You. I had heard of Your goodness and love, but I had not personally known it. It was You who sought me out, it was You who revealed Yourself to me. You came to live within me, a foretaste of the what You would continually pour into me. You oh God, are faithful and sure. I wake in the morning with my soul hungering for You. During the day, unless I walk with You, I grow faint. My soul stretches and reaches for You. If I were to have the whole world as mine, without You, there is no satisfaction. I cry for You Lord. I want no blessings that are not from You. It is You I wait for. You, only You! You are the fulfillment and delight of my soul. My need is for You. Your love draws me ever closer. The closer I get the closer I want to be. I have an unquenchable thirst and an insatiable appetite for You Lord.
What need do I have? I wait for the Lord. I do not wait as person who waits for an unknown destiny by an unknown entity. I wait with certain hope. My hope is an unbreakable mighty cord that is found in Your hand, and runs to me, and I hold fast. Hope in You is based not on the empty hope of the lost. My hope is in You, a hope that does not fade but grows stronger. Ever stronger my hope in You grows and so ever tighter is my grip. Before I believe the sun will rise, I believe that You love me and are my deliverer at every turn. Should the universe explode into nothingness and all things, but me, fail to exist, still my hope is in You. You are able to sustain me even then. At my every breath in, You could create oxygen for me to breathe. On the palm of Your hand I would stand. You are sure Almighty God! Your love for me is sure and eternal. More than the night guard expects the morning to come, I am sure of You. Let everything in all the universe fail, still You are good and You love me. This I know. In this, I wait on You Almighty, Loving and Tender God. On You I wait. I look to You with a tangible hope that is knowledge. Waiting on You is a sure thing. I wait on You. It is who I am in You. I look to You, I wait on You, for You are sure. Praise You God! You have never failed me and You never will. Lord God, I wait on You! Always I bow before You and lift my heart to You. My will and my heart are Yours! Do with them as You will. I love you God! I praise you God.
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord! Psalm 150:6
IHS 2-22-17