WHAT DOES WAITING UPON GOD SUPPOSE? Dependence: it is the posture of a subject, a servant, a child. Promise: many things are promised us: indeed, all good things. But we must believe, feel our need, seek for God's blessings, await God's time. Hope: it is the expectation that brings us to God, keeps us waiting upon God, and is the spring of all spiritual action. Desire: unless I desire to receive from God, I shall not look to God, nor shall I wait upon God. Obedience: we are commanded to wait upon the Lord, and the neglect of this duty is sin. What does waiting upon the Lord include? It includes faith in His word, supplication at His throne, attendance upon His ordinances, habitual looking out for answers to prayer, and the working of God on our behalf, eyeing God in all places, and in all things; acknowledging Him as the source and giver of all good things. Let us review the injunction. "Wait thou only upon God." Then and only then are you safe, holy, wealthy, content, thriving, and happy. Wait on the Lord for all you need, in all you do, and especially when perplexed and troubled. The waiting soul is a blessed soul.

For Meditation:
With steadfast faith on Thee I'll wait
To see Thy smile again;
Of those who wait,
'Twill ne'er be said,
They sought the Lord in vain.