For All Those Hurting

Day four of the devotional was wonderful, for it made me think of all those hurting people. Of late, we at Wakefield Valley Bible Church have endured much heartache - disease, death, and the uncertainties of life. (How am I going to pay my bills? What's going on in my marriage?) Today though, God speaks to all those that are enduring such.

The passage for today is Psalm 145:14-15.  In these simple lines are some beautiful words for all that hurt, "The Lord upholdeth all that fall, And raiseth up all those that be bowed down. The eyes of all wait upon Thee."  Do you feel knocked down? Well just stay down there but turn and bow before God's throne, and wait.  Do you feel like you cannot go on?  Bow down before God and then raise your eyes toward Him and wait.

When we wait, we do not pray, but we wait.  There is a difference, and Murray addresses this.  He writes, "If the question be asked, whether this be anything different from what we do when we pray, the answer is, that there may be much praying with but very little waiting on God. In praying we are often occupied with ourselves, with our own needs, and our own efforts in the presentation of them. In waiting upon God, the first thought is of the God upon whom we wait. We enter His presence, and feel we need just to be quiet, so that He, as God, can overshadow us with Himself. God longs to reveal Himself, to fill us with Himself. Waiting on God gives Him time in His own way and divine power to come to us."

So for all those hurting, all those in doubt, all those longing, go before God, bow down, and wait. And as you wait, look up to Him, because in His time He will reveal Himself and overshadow you with Himself.

I'll see you tomorrow.  You can read Andrew Murray's devotional by clicking here.

-Mark