“I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in His word I do hope. My soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning–yes, more than those who wait for the morning.” Psalm 130:5-6

More Than the Morning

Walk His Way Revisited

The breaking of dawn signifies the end of night. Figuratively, it can be a symbol of the closing of a dark time when hope wears thin. In the darkness, all feelings become more intense. Fears grip and paralyze, pain is more acute, and time drags. I remember being on a Witness trip in a country far from my home when our team arrived in a remote village at sunset. By the time it was dark I was anxious and afraid, but when morning came everything was less daunting and the emotions that I had felt so intensely the night before were gone with the morning light.

Sometimes, we wait for the morning. We sit in the black, our arms wrapped around our knees staring at the dim lights of our alarm clocks, rocking back and forth as the seconds tick by. We know that the dawn must come eventually so we endure our hurt, our anxiety, and our fear, regardless of the fact that a watched pot never boils and that our “enduring the night” only serves to lengthen it.

My soul waits for the Lord

More than those who wait for the morning-

Yes, more than those who wait for the morning.

When I read this Psalm late one night amidst my crying out to the Lord, He, in a single moment, gave me the understanding to see that I am not to wait for the morning. I am to wait for the Lord.

Instead of keeping my eyes fixed on the clock, may my eyes be fixed steadily on the Lord who is faithful to meet me in the midst of the night. Would my only hope be that regardless of whether or not the dawn breaks or however long it takes for the sun to rise, I can continue to live, continue to sleep, and continue to rest in the knowledge that God loves me more than I could ever truly understand and that He is always good. May I not pray for an immediate end to the night, wishing only for daybreak, but would I pray for the Holy Spirit to wrap around me like a blanket through the difficulty of the night season.

Lord Jesus, would I never wait for the morning more than I wait for You. Would my soul wait for You alone. Amen.