Psalm 25:5 Lead me in your truth, and teach me: for you are the God of my salvation; on you do I wait all the day. Who can truly say this? Who among us lives such a life of communion with God? This waiting is that of patient expectation and constant attendance. God was keeping David in suspense. He could not tell what was the mind and will of God. But he waits continually on Him. And so, in like circumstances, must we. I. WHAT IS IT TO WAIT UPON GOD? 1. It is to live a life of desire towards Him. Our desire should be, not only towards the good things God gives, but towards God Himself. 2. It is to live a life of delight in God. Desire is love in motion, as a bird upon the wing. Delight is love at rest, as a bird upon the nest. 3. It is a life of dependence on God, as the child waits on the father. 4. It is a life of devotedness to God, as the servant waits on his master. 5. And it is to make His will our rule; for our practice or for our patience, as the will of His providence may ordain. II. THIS WE MUST DO EVERY DAY, AND ALL DAY LONG. 1. Every day. Servants in the courts of princes have their weeks or months of waiting appointed them, and are tied to attend only at certain times; but God's servants must never be out of waiting. Sabbath days and weekdays, idle days and busy days, days of prosperity and of adversity. 2.Toto die, — or all the day through. By casting our daily care upon Him. By managing our daily business for Him. Receiving our daily comforts from Him. Resisting our daily temptations, and doing our daily duties, in the strength of His grace. Application: Consider this need of waiting on God at particular times. At family worship. When teaching your children. At shop or business. At meal times. On friendly visits. God waits to be gracious to those who wait on Him. (Matthew Henry.) Parallel Verses KJV: Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day. |
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