Sunday Psalms;

I waited patiently for the Lord to help me,

and he turned to me 

and heard my cry. 

He lifted me out of the pit of despair, 

out of the mud 

and the mire. 

He set my feet on solid ground 

and steadied me 

as I walked along. 

He has given me a new song to sing, 

a hymn of praise to our God...

Psalms 40:1-3 NLT

We don't like waiting. Or is it just me?

Waiting in queues.

Waiting for my laptop to startup.

Saving, waiting to buy something.

It's like our culture is telling us there's something bad about waiting.

Waiting on God.

Somehow David found a way to wait for God. 

To trust Him enough to be patient.

Where was David?

In a place where the ground didn't feel solid. A place where there's uncertainty.

He felt stuck. 

In mud. 

In a pit of despair.

Stuck in a place that he didn't want to be, didn't ask for, and it's awful. 

And he's crying out.

Crying for help.

To God, who it seemed had turned away.

If some or all of those places are familiar to you then you're not alone. 

David knows God well enough to know that He;

Turns

Listens

Lifts 

Steadies

Gives

Gives a new song. 

A new song is by definition something we haven't experienced before, a different melody, a different sound. 

When I'm in despair I just want something restored, back to how it was, but this psalm is about experiencing (becoming) something new...and it takes waiting...

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