Wait and Hope in Jehovah

Minister:
Date: PM
Text: Psalm 130:5-7
Psalters: 73, 111, 363, 162
Applicatory to the Lord's Supper
  1. The expectation.
    1. The attitude the forgiven sinner may and can have is to “wait” and “hope.”
      1. To hope is have expectations of something, to long for it, and to be certain that it will occur.
      2. To wait is to look for something patiently and quietly.
    2. “I wait for Jehovah.”
      1. For what? For the light of His countenance while sitting in the darkness of the depths.
      2. Ultimately it is for the coming of Jesus Christ.
    3. Who waits?
      1. That the “soul” of the psalmist waited indicates that sincerity of his waiting.
      2. We may have hope in Jehovah personally, but we want this also for the church.
  2. “In His word” do I hope.
    1. We hope in His “word.”
      1. What supports patience is the confidence put in the divine promises given in God’s Word.
      2. This is God’s word of promise concerning ...
    2. My and our hope is also in divine mercy, “for with Jehovah there is mercy ... and plenteous redemption.”
      1. Mercy is God’s deep-seated desire to bless the miserable.
      2. And “with Him there is plenteous redemption.”
  3. The perseverance and the attitude of the forgiven waiters and hopers is that they “watch” and pray.
    1. The figure.
    2. I and we look to God eagerly anticipating an end to our waiting and experience of various distresses.
      1. Jesus’ coming is said to be as the morning, and the light of God’s countenance is as the morning light.
      2. We discover pardoning grace through the bright shining of the sun of righteousness as healing in its rays.