Our Scripture reading today is Lamentations 3:26, "It is good that a man should bothhope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD."
God's people had been rebelling against Him for many generations. This particular
book tells us what is happening by the title of the book. They were lamenting the
life that they were living and the judgement it was bringing upon them. God allows us
to chose our sin, but we cannot chose the consequences. The timing of God's
deliverance was out of their control.
“Do not be in a hurry; do not expect to be delivered out of your trouble the first time you begin to cry unto God. Oh, no: ‘the Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.’ (Spurgeon)
“Hoping and waiting differ but as the mother and daughter, hope being the mother of patience and waiting; or as the habit and act, hoping and waiting being ranch the same, flowing from a gracious power and habit given the soul to wait. Quietness is necessary to waiting, for all turbulency and impatience of spirit under sad providences is opposed to waiting.” (Poole)
Examine your life today through the lens of God's Word. Be willing to repent of
sin if necessary.