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Not just in the Psalms, all over the Bible, I think about some of the most encouraging

verses in the book of Isaiah, when God says to his people in Isaiah chapter 40, those

who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength and mount up with wings like eagles.

So what is it about waiting on God?

And I would just say on a personal level, this has been something I and my family have

been thinking a lot about over the last year as we have waited for doors to open to

adopt a son in another country that's been closed down ever since COVID hit.

And we've been waiting month after month over a year now in ways that have caused me

to think a lot about this word that we see over and over in the Bible.

What does it mean to wait for the Lord and the picture we see?

I love what one biblical scholar put talking about Isaiah chapter 40 to wait is to rest trustfully

in God. And I think that's exactly what Psalm 40 verse 1 is saying, I'm waited patiently for

the Lord. He inclined to me and heard my cry. So when we are waiting for God, we are resting

trustfully in God. We are trusting in God that he sees things. We don't see. He knows things.

We don't know and we can rest in his sovereignty, his authority over all things.

We can rest in his love for us. We can rest trust in the reality that he is working all things

together for the good of those who love him and have been called according to his purpose.

Even when we don't understand why this or that is happening, even when we find ourselves waiting.

So I just want to encourage you today as we pray based on Psalm 40 verse 1 that it is a good thing

to rest trustfully in God. And I don't know where you may find yourself in the middle of waiting

right now. Maybe it's something small, maybe it's something big, maybe it's something that's

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