WAITING ON GOD

Day 27.
FOR REDEMPTION
Luke 2:25, 36, 38.
Simeon . . .was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel:
the Holy Ghost was upon him. . Anna, a prophetess . . .spoke of
him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem"
Here we have the mark of a waiting believer. "Just," righteous in all
his conduct; "devout," devoted to God, ever walking as in His
presence; "waiting for the consolation of Israel," looking for the
fulfillment of God's promises: "and the Holy Ghost was upon him." In
the devout waiting, he had been prepared for the blessing. And
Simeon was not the only one. Anna spoke to all who looked for
redemption in Jerusalem. This was the one mark, amid surrounding
formalism and worldliness, of a godly band of men and women in
Jerusalem. They were waiting on God, looking for His promised
redemption.
And now that the consolation of Israel has come, and the
redemption has been accomplished, do we still need to wait? We do
indeed. But, will not our waiting, who look back to it as come, differ
greatly from those who looked forward to it as coming? It will,
especially in two aspects. We now wait on God in the full power of
the redemption, and we wait for its full revelation.
Our waiting is now in the full power of the redemption. Christ said,
"In that day you will know that you are in Me. Abide in Me." The
Epistles teach us to present ourselves to God as "dead indeed unto
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