“I pray to God — my life a prayer — and wait for what he’ll say and do. My life’s on the line before God, my Lord, waiting and watching till morning, waiting and watching till morning.”
Psalm 130:5 MSG – A verse of the day from the Bible presented in Eugene Peterson’s contemporary version called The Message. Accompanied by a personal reflection below.
Waiting is hard work. How you wait, though, is important in that it affects what kind of person it shapes you into. I’d like to be like David, the psalmist, who speaks of watching and waiting until morning, but praying all the while, while waiting. In fact, he states that his life itself is a prayer, that’s how much in communion he is with his God while he is waiting for the morning. If you’re waiting, I hope and trust you will also prayerfully watch and wait, just like David.