Psa 130:6 My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

This psalm can be entitled “Waiting For The LORD.” We see the psalmist’s love for the LORD and how he waited daily for Him. He said: “My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning” (v.1). My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning – He meant he waited more intensely, more anxiously than the watchmen who waited for the morning to come so that they can be discharged of their duties and go back home to rest. To the watchmen the night seems long and the time passes so slowly. They are weary, and want to quickly go home to sleep. Yes, it is a painful waiting to the watchmen who waited for the sun to rise but the emphasis by the psalmist is on the intense desire. Just as the watchmen desire for the morning to break, it is how he desires God. How much did David desire God? He wrote: “As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God” (Psalm 42:1). The word “pants” expresses an intense desire. The deer is suffering from intense thirst; it desires water. Such is the David’s desire for the worship of God. Nothing can give him more pleasure than to worship God. We do not like to wait. But oftentimes we are made to wait. And God sometimes finds it needful to put His people into this hard discipline. Whether we like it or not, we must wait. I came across this quotation: “Patience is not the ability to wait but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting.” For example, how do you wait for a bus? First few minutes you wait patiently. Then, you become impatient. You begin to get irritated and start scolding the bus company for the poor service. Half an hour later, you say: “The bus is not coming.” So, you leave the bus stop and start walking. Suddenly, the bus zooms by. More scolding from you! God wants us to wait for Him patiently (Psalm 37:7). If we quit waiting, we will be like the man who quit waiting and misses his bus. The thing that we will be missing is far worse than missing a bus; we will miss eternal life (Matthew 24:50-51). How does the watchman wait for the morning to break? He waits: 1. Patiently. If he has been in this job for long, he knows it’s no use getting impatient. 2. Earnestly. He keeps waiting and as each hour ticks away, he knows it’s getting nearer. 3. Expectantly. He knows the sun will rise and he looks forward for it to rise. 4. Joyfully. How glad he will be when morning comes. James exhorts us to wait patiently for the coming of the Lord (James 5:7, 8). There were some at that time who quit waiting and were telling others that Christ is not coming again (2 Peter 3:4). They were like the man who quit waiting and said the bus is not coming. Peter said the Lord will come (2 Peter 4:10). Wait on the Lord. Those who wait patiently are like this eagle: “But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint” (Isaiah 40:31). Just ask anyone who has been working the night shift. They will tell you it gets easier each time. They don’t keep looking at the time. They look for the morning. Therefore, we must do the same: Don’t count the time we have been waiting for the Lord; just look forward to it – like a bride looking forward to the wedding day; she waits joyfully.