"I wait for the LORD, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope."
{Psalm 130:5} (NIV)
To wait and to hope on the LORD are the same thing in a spiritual sense. We know that to wait in our world is not necessarily to hope. I might have to wait for a traffic jam to be cleared while stuck on the 401 and that experience does not lend itself to hopefulness. But in our life in this world with God, to wait on God is to hope in God. A person of faith, a true worshiper of the LORD waits for Him to act on our behalf, placing our hope squarely on Him and His promised action.
The prayer of this short psalm acknowledges our position:“out of the depths”. It then states what it is that we are waiting for: “mercy”. It celebrates the forgiving nature of God, and then states that the purpose of forgiveness is that we might once again serve God. It then articulates to God that on Him and Him alone, our hope rests. We trust in His work of redemption; it is His forgiveness and restoration that we long to see.
This psalm, this prayer, is the prayer of a child of God after we have confessed our sin. Instead of turning back toward our sin, we stay oriented on God, waiting for Him to do His work, hoping on Him to fulfill His promises, to forgive us and to change our innermost being. When it comes to being freed from sin in our lives, may we wait upon the LORD this day!
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