The Special of the Day… From the Orange Moon Cafe
"It Is Time"
"And now, Lord, what wait I for? My hope is in Thee" (Psalm 39:7).
You can almost feel what the Psalmist felt as he awoke to truth and reality. He recognized that a season of dread must come to its end, to be replaced by the eternal and abiding hope known deeply in the heart by all who trust God. Or, as New Testament believers might declare…
"What am I waiting for? It is time to hope, to trust, and to know that the Lord Jesus Christ is who He, does what He does, and will keep every promise God ever made in the perfection of His faithfulness."
"All the promises of God in Him are yea (assured)" (II Corinthians 1:20).
The Spirit of God and the Word of God beckon us in this moment that it is time. It is time to continue in hope already embraced, and to grow therein. It is time to leave behind any insane inclination to not trust someone - Someone - who "cannot lie" and whose very essence is truth (Titus 1:2; John 14:6). Of all the sins we might presently commit as God's trusting children in Christ, can there be any more egregious than distrusting the One whose faithfulness "reacheth unto the clouds," and whose hands reached unto the cross to be nailed thereupon for our eternal redemption? (Psalm 36:5; Luke 9:51).
It is time, it is always time to turn away from despair to certainty, from unbelief to faith, and from lies to truth. Much will resist our determination, including our own flesh that "lusteth against the spirit" (Galatians 5:17). Far more will encourage and empower our determination as the Spirit of God leads in accordance with the truth of the Word of God. "Greater is He that is in you than He that is in the world" (I John 4:4). Thereby, the time is right, the time is always right to trust our Heavenly Father, glorifying Him thereby, and discovering deep in our hearts the truth that He is who He is, and He does what He does. "What wait I for?" asked the Psalmist regarding the hope communicated by the God who cannot lie and whose faithfulness ascends unto the clouds. In every matter of life and being wherein we realize our own lack of faith and confidence, we do well to echo the inquiry, "What am I waiting for?" Yes, it is time, time to trust, time to hope, and time to discover yet again the glorious trustworthiness of that Heart more faithful than we will ever fully know.
"Awake to righteousness and sin not."
(I Corinthians 15:34)
"What time I am afraid, I will trust in Thee."
(Psalm 56:3)
Weekly Memory Verse
"Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness, He is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous."
(Psalm 112:4)
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