Issue #705 ~February 21, 2022

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I'm Waiting For the Verdict
"I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope."
Psalm 130:5
"My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning."
Psalm 130:6
Verse 5: "I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope."

The word "wait" occurs 5 times in Psalm 130:5, 6.

The picture is one of waiting for the divine verdict. What is the sovereign response?

David waited a favorable ruling in his case. He was waiting in deep humility for God to act. He was waiting in complete resignation, hoping that fellowship would be restored. He was waiting for God to work.

Would the power be restored? Would the lights come on once again?

The past is irrevocable. What is done is done; the past cannot be changed or recalled. In the words of Lord Byron, "No hand can make the clock strike for me the hours that are past."

Notice, however, that David in Psalm 130 was not just waiting in inactivity. Rather, "in his [God's] word I put my hope." He continued in verse 6.

Verse 6: "My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning."

Forgiveness is a process that is worth the wait. David might have put it this way: "Lord, I choose to wait for You to respond. I am waiting with greater eagerness than the night watchman is waiting for the morning dawn."

Psalm 27:13, 14: "I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord"(NIV).

The psalmist says: "I wait for the Lord, my soul waits." While I am waiting: "in his word I put my hope."

I am reminded in Psalm 51 as David makes his confession of sin, he asks the Lord to renew, restore, cleanse, and not to take His Holy Spirit from him.

I am sure there was a time of waiting after this prayer had been expressed so that he could see evidences that forgiveness had been granted and that God had worked.

Psalm 37:7: "Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him" (NIV).

Psalm 40:1: "I waited patiently for the Lord, and He inclined to me and heard my cry" (NIV).

As I read verse 6 I was reminded of Jacob wrestling all night with the angel. He secures the blessing from the Lord. We read in Genesis 32:31: "The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel, and he was limping because of his hip" (NIV).

When forgiveness is freely granted it is like the dawning of a brand new day. It could be the dawning of a brand new day in life, in business, in marriage, and in family relationships.

Philippians 3:13: "Forgetting those things which are behind, we press toward those things which are in front" (DAV).

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Praises & Prayer Requests

1.  Pray: ...so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for Him. Hebrews 9:28 (NIV)
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2.  Pray: Wait for the Lord; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the Lord. Psalm 27:14 (NASB)
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3.  Pray: Be like men who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that they may immediately open the door to him when he comes and knocks. Luke 12:36 (NASB)
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4.  Praise: For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us. For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God. Romans 8:18, 19 (NASB)
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5.  Pray: But if we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we wait eagerly for it. Romans 8:25 (NASB)
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Our hymn of worship this morning is Fanny Crosby's "Blessed Assurance":
Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!
Oh what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood!

Perfect submission, perfect delight!
visions of rapture now burst at my sight!
Angels descending bring from above
Echoes of mercy, whispers of love.

Perfect submission, all is at rest.
I in my Savior am happy and blest;
Watching and waiting, looking above,
Filled with His goodness, lost in His love.

This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior all the day long.
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior all the day long.
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV) 

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