Isaiah 30:18 And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious to you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy on you… I. DESCRIBE THE REAL WAITING CHARACTER AND ENDEAVOUR TO SHOW WHAT IS REAL WAITING. 1. The real waiter is a person who does not possess something he wants. A real waiter is a real beggar. 2. But; then, the real waiting man must not only be poor but needy 3. When a man is thus brought into experimental poverty, and experimental need, he will also be led into experimental helplessness; he is delivered from looking to his prayers, his Bible reading, his alms doing; he is brought to feel he needs another refuge, he is brought to feel these waters cannot cleanse away his pollution, that these webs cannot become garments, that these are works with which he cannot cover himself.But what is true waiting? 1. Not working, 2. Nor sleeping. 3. Nor stealing. There are many who do not trust in works, but like a thief take the blessings into their hands the Lord has never put there. How many presume all is well without having had the atonement applied, or even without ever having been truly Drought to feel the need of reconciliation to God by the blood of Jesus. 4. Neither is it despairing. II. WHERE DOES THE TRUE WAITER WAIT? He goes to the means, saying, "Oh, let not the oppressed return ashamed; let the poor and needy praise Thy name." Mercy's door is the place at which he waits. III. What DOES HE WAIT FOR? "Blessed are all they that wait for Him." IV. THE BLESSEDNESS OF TRUE WAITERS. (S. Sears.) Parallel Verses KJV: And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. |
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