[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"reading-0722":3},"JULY 22\r\nAnd therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you\r\n...\r\nblessed are all they that wait for him (Isa. 30:18).\r\nWe 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\r\nwaiting on us, will give new Impulse and inspiration to our waiting\r\nupon Him. It will give us unspeakable confidence that our waiting\r\ncannot be In vain. Let us seek even now, at this moment In the\r\nspirit of wailing on God, to find out something of what It means.\r\nHe has inconceivably glorious purposes concerning every one of His children. And you ask, \"How is it, if He waits to be gracious, that\r\neven after I come and wait upon Him, He does not give the help I seek, but waits on longer and longer? \"\r\nGod is a wise husbandman, \"who waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it\" He cannot gather the\r\nfruit till it is ripe. He knows when we are spiritually ready to\r\nreceive the blessing to our profit and His glory. Waiting in the    sunshine of His love is what will ripen the soul for His blessing.\r\nWaiting under the cloud of trial, that breaks in showers of\r\nblessings, is as needful. Be assured that if God waits longer than you could wish, it is only to make the blessing doubly precious.\r\nGod waited four thousand years, till the fullness of time, ere He\r\nsent 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.",1783499793228]