Psalm 130:5 “I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. 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.”
I will resist the temptation to question “the LORD” about His motives and reasoning; but, we know, without doubt, that “the LORD” is able to deliver us from whatever is troubling us. But often we do not know why He doesn’t come ‘right now’ and fix our dreadful problems. Sometimes, as we reflect upon a past trouble, we can see why He didn’t fix it immediately; and, sometimes we never find out. But, by our God-given “faith” (Hebrews 11; 12:2), we simply trust our Lord’s judgment and “wait for the LORD”. The Psalmist declared that “My soul waiteth for the Lord”; that is, by His Grace and Mercy, no matter how severe my trouble becomes, I will keep pressing forward in His service, striving to worshipfully glorify His Blessed Name with whatever strength or ability He grants to me. Sometimes our troubles are like a dreadful darkness that has set upon us; those who suffer such darkness “wait” for the “Sun of Righteousness” to “arise with healing in his wings” so that we can “go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall” (Malachi 4:2); that is, so that we can leave our troubles behind and joyfully grow and prosper in our Lord’s service. To “watch for the morning” is to endure for a while, knowing that the “Sun” will eventually rise and push away our dark troubles. “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego” told king “Nebuchadnezzar” that “our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king” (Daniel 3:17); that is, “our God” will either “deliver us” out of the fire or out of your control altogether into His Glorious Paradise. They didn’t know what the Lord was going to do, but they waited (trusted) that He was going to do something and whatever He did they would rejoice in it.