I WILL WAIT FOR YOU (PSALM 130)

“The ancient Psalms express many things that we so desperately need in the modern age—not just in our music, but also in our very lives as they are lived together as a spiritual act of worship." - Tim Challies

In times of difficulty, it’s helpful to remind ourselves that our Creator and Sustainer always has designs on our circumstances. What seems to simply befall us is never outside his foreknowledge, infinite wisdom, and sovereign control; that’s a hope-giving thought.

David understood that, and so he looked to the Lord in his times of difficulty. Psalm 130 begins with the heart-wrenching cry: Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord!

But David doesn’t stop there, because he also understood that there was a discipline attached to what he was being called to do. Specifically, he knew he needed to wait on the Lord (vss. 5-6):

I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,
and in his word I hope;
my soul waits for the Lord
more than watchmen for the morning,
more than watchmen for the morning.

In the past five days or so, our culture has had its breakneck pace broken. 

In the newfound space that has emerged, there have been so many beautiful outcomes: People have suggested new ways for us to connect with our friends and families; We’ve started to reach out to our communities by putting messages and other fun things in our windows for kids to find as they walk by; We’ve cared for the vulnerable in our areas by bringing them groceries; and some neighborhoods have even put their Christmas lights back up to bring some light and joy to the area.

As Christians, those things fit under the umbrella of loving our neighbours, and so it’s fair to assume that it is God’s good plan that we be a part of them.

But it’s also fair to assume that one of the designs that God has for us as believers in this newfound space and time, is to learn (or re-learn) the blessing of waiting on the Lord. What if our thoughts weren’t just focused on how to fill our time, or to avoid boredom? What if we were to view this interruption in our lives as an opportunity? What if we, like David, were to wait on the Lord more than the watchmen for the morning?

I think it might sound something like this …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8pCbtLeXzc