WAITING ON GOD

infinite holiness, His power, wisdom, and goodness, in His love and
nearness. It is the presence of a beloved or a dreaded master that
wakens up the whole attention of the servant who waits on him. It is
the presence of God, as He can in Christ by His Holy Spirit make
Himself known, and keep the soul under its covering and shadow,
that will waken and strengthen the true waiting spirit. Let us be still
and wait and worship till we know how near He is, and then say, "On
Thee do I wait."
And then, let it be very clear, too, that we are waiting. Let that
become so much our consciousness that the utterance comes
spontaneously, "On Thee I do wait all the day; I wait on Thee." This
will indeed imply sacrifice and separation, a soul entirely given up to
God as its all, its only joy. This waiting on God has hardly yet been
acknowledged as the only true Christianity. And yet, if it be true that
God alone is goodness and joy and love; if it be true that our highest
blessedness is in having as much of God as we can; if it be true that
Christ has redeemed us wholly for God, and made a life of continual
abiding in His presence possible, nothing less ought to satisfy than
to be ever breathing this blessed atmosphere, "I wait on Thee."
"My soul, wait thou only on God!”
Psalm 123:1
Unto you I lift up my eyes, O you that dwell in the heavens.
John 3:27… "A man can receive nothing
unless it has been given him from heaven.
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