Day Eighteen: Psalm 130:5-6
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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.
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Advent is a season of waiting, but the truth is not all kinds of waiting are equal. There are ways to wait well and ways to wait poorly. The psalmist teaches us a better way to wait… It’s not passive waiting like someone merely holding their breath or twiddling their thumbs until things become favorable or they get their way. We’re told instead that they were engaged in active waiting. What were they doing? They were hoping in His word as they waited! In today’s culture, “hope” is generally associated with someone who is optimistic and says phrases like, “I hope everything works out” or “I’m trying to stay hopeful” but doesn’t give us the reason for this hope. Biblical hope is a form our faith takes that banks on God being Who He said He’d be and doing what He said He’d do in the future. Philippians 1:6 tells us that God completes the work He starts. Always a Finisher, never a Quitter! Godly hope rests on the fact that though the night may be dark and seemingly never-ending, the morning will eventually come! It might not come in our exact timeframe and in the exact way we might hope for, but will come nonetheless. Consider your waiting for a moment. How might you hope in God’s Word this season of Advent as you wait? What are some promises in the Scriptures that you can rehearse?