Blessed Are All They Who Wait For Him

Thou shalt know that I am the Lord; for they shall not be ashamed  that wait for me.  Isaiah 49:23

Blessed are all they that wait for Him.  Isaiah 30:18

"The context of these two passages points us to times when God’s church was in great straits, and to human eyes there were no possibilities of deliverance.  But, God interposes with His word of promise, and pledges His almighty power for the deliverance of His people.  And, it is as the God who has Himself undertaken the work of their redemption that He invites them to wait on Him, and assures them that disappointment is impossible.

"We, too, are living in days in which there is much in the state of the Church…that is indescribably sad…this waiting upon God on behalf of His church and His people will depend greatly upon the place that waiting on Him has taken in our personal life. The mind may often have beautiful visions of what God has promised to do, and lips may speak of them in stirring words, but these are not really the measure of our faith or power.  No, it is what we really know of God in our personal experience, conquering the enemy within, reigning and ruling, revealing Himself in His holiness and power in our innermost being.  It is this that will be the real measure of the spiritual blessing we expect from Him, and bring to our fellow man.

"It is as we know how blessed the waiting on God has become in our own souls, that we will confidently hope in the blessing to come on the church around us.  The key word of all our expectations will be, He has said: “All that wait on me shall not be ashamed.” From what He has done in us, we will trust Him to do mighty things around us.  “Blessed are they that wait for Him.”  Do let this truth acquire full possession of your souls,  that waiting on God is the highest privilege of man…

"Do  believe that waiting on God, His greatness and your littleness suit and meet each other most wonderfully.  Just bow in emptiness and poverty and utter weakness, in humility and meekness, and surrender to His will before His great glory, and be still.  As you wait on Him, God draws near.  He will reveal Himself as the God who will mightily fulfill His every promise.  And let your heart continually take up the song, “Blessed are they that wait for Him.”"  

Andrew Murray, Waiting on God