“I wait for the LORD, my soul waits,
and in His Word I put my hope.”
~ Psalm 130:5 ~
This is one of my very first pocket verses ever. I remember writing it on a scrap piece of paper and sticking it in my pocket so I could carry this wee morsel of God’ Word around with me all day long. Seems like just yesterday. But here I am, years later, coming back to these precious words like an old friend. New scrap of paper; back in my pocket. More importantly, back in my heart and mind. Because I am waiting.
Look at the words. Aren’t they beautiful? I’m just wondering…are you waiting for the LORD for something? Have you been waiting a long, long time? Do you know what this kind of waiting is like? It means to look eagerly for, to wait in expectation. We wait with all our heart and soul, believing fully that God is at work and that He is coming with the answer! He is working all things out. But sometimes as we wait we can lose some of that eagerness and anticipation, can’t we? Like a runner in a very long marathon, wondering if he can go a single step further. The finish line is nowhere in sight and his legs are getting very weak. Eagerness begins to dwindle. That’s why I so love the second part of this verse…
And in His Word I put my hope! Where, oh where would we be without His Word? Every promise, every word of comfort and restoration and mercy; this has to be our focus while we wait on the LORD. This is where our hope lies. Not in people. Not in circumstances or in our own scheming and figuring. All that is laid down. When we are truly waiting for God to move we let go of all that stuff, realizing just how futile our own plans are. We come to grips with how helpless we in ourselves are. It is in this utter helplessness that we find greater dependency on our LORD! It is then our hope in His Word multiplies, and we hold fast to this believing, humbling hope! And that is a very good place to be. It’s actually the only place to be always, but especially while we wait.
Something just occurred to me. The first time I found and wrote down that verse I didn’t really know much of God’s Word. How can I hope in something I don’t even know? How can you? If you find yourself in a waiting place, go there today. Begin to absorb the truths and the promises and I know that I know the waiting will be easier! Eagerness and expectancy will build as we rest in this beautiful place of His Word, and we will find ourselves waiting with that kind of hopeful energy, waiting to see what God will do!
“’The LORD is my portion’, says my soul,
‘Therefore, I have hope in Him.’
The LORD is good to those who wait for Him,
to those who seek Him.
~ Lamentations 3:24-25 ~
This stuck out to me and I had to post it because right now I am in this waiting period. I am waiting for my car to sell... I am waiting for August 13th to come and make my flight to Haiti... But the glorious news is I am content about all of it. Yes I am anxious and yes moments I am worried "what if my car doesnt sell?" But does worrying really speed up the process?? I didnt think so. So now its just time to continue to post it out there and to pray that things continue to flow.
Please pray for this car to be sold in the next two weeks. I dont know what I will do if there is that "if". But I will continue to trust that the Lord will take care of things and continue to jus thave faith in him!
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