Streams in the Desert July 22 Daily Devotional

And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you
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blessed are all they that wait for him (Isa. 30:18).
We must not only think of our waiting upon God, but also of what is more wonderful still, of God's waiting upon us. The vision of Him
waiting on us, will give new Impulse and inspiration to our waiting
upon Him. It will give us unspeakable confidence that our waiting
cannot be In vain. Let us seek even now, at this moment In the
spirit of wailing on God, to find out something of what It means.
He has inconceivably glorious purposes concerning every one of His children. And you ask, "How is it, if He waits to be gracious, that
even after I come and wait upon Him, He does not give the help I seek, but waits on longer and longer? "
God is a wise husbandman, "who waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it" He cannot gather the
fruit till it is ripe. He knows when we are spiritually ready to
receive the blessing to our profit and His glory. Waiting in the sunshine of His love is what will ripen the soul for His blessing.
Waiting under the cloud of trial, that breaks in showers of
blessings, is as needful. Be assured that if God waits longer than you could wish, it is only to make the blessing doubly precious.
God waited four thousand years, till the fullness of time, ere He
sent His Son. Our times are in His hands; He will avenge His elect speedily; He will make haste for our help, and not delay one hour too long. Andrew Murray.