Genesis 49:18 I have waited for your salvation, O LORD. A parenthesis in Jacob's long blessing of his sons. Exhausted with the thoughts and visions which passed over his mind in such quick succession, he paused to take a spiritual inspiration: "I have waited for Thy salvation, O Lord." 1. Such chapters of life, such seasons of suspense, such exercises of the quiet confidences of the soul, are to be found in every Christian's experience. They may come in different ways to different men, but they are in some form or other a necessity to every man — an essential part of the discipline of the school of salvation. 2. These intervals of waiting must be filled up with four things: prayer, praise, fellowship, and work. 3. It will be a helpful thought to you as you wait, that if you wait, Christ waits. Whatever your longing is that the time be over, His longing is greater. There are many things that you have had that have turned to a curse, which would have been blessings if only there had been more "waiting." (J. Vaughan, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD. |
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