How Do The Unbelievers Do It?

Reading Murray's devotional for day eight I am reminded of an unanswered question that I have often pondered. "How do the unbelievers do it?" How do they survive in times of struggle? How do they deal with the grave illness of a loved one, the death of a child, the loss of a job? How do they do it?

Murray used Psalm 27:14.  The believer is encouraged to be strong and to take courage. He points out that the believer, as he waits on God, is still surrounded by what caused him to wait - the loved one is still ill, the child still dead, the job no more. But still God tells us to wait and be strong. Why? Because in Him is our only hope. Murray writes, "The one lesson our text teaches us is this, that when we set ourselves to wait on God we ought beforehand to resolve that it shall be with the most confident expectation of God’s meeting and blessing us. We ought to make up our minds to this, that nothing was ever so sure, as that waiting on God will bring us untold and unexpected blessing."

How do the unbelievers do it? They wait on their own strength, on the government, on family & friends, on neighbors....all of which will ultimately fail or disappoint.  But not God. He never fails. Wait on Him with expectation that when He moves you will receive untold and unexpected blessings.

-Mark