John.Creel
The Wait
Psalms 130
1 (A Song of degrees.) Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.
2 Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
3 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
5 I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
6 My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
7 Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.
8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
5 I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
Interestingly, the word wait in the Hebrew varies from some of the usages of the word wait in the Old Testament. Qavah. A prime root; to bind together (perh. By twisting), i.e. collect, (fig):—gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).
Our son Matthew was born at twenty-three weeks at only 1 pound 5.9 ounces and was in the NICU for a very long time. One of the most difficult challenges along the way was feeling completely helpless to help our son when he was struggling in an incubator with lines and tubes through his little precious frame and we could not even hold him for a long while. They told me not to caress his face because it would irritate him worse. The only contact he had seemed to be painful procedures, one after another. So, I would reach in and caress his face and he would lay his head against my hand seeking comfort.
The emotional strain was so heavy especially after he had seven centimeters of his intestines removed due to four perforations. He had to wait for the ostomy reversal in hopes his intestines would heal, grow, and be strong enough for reconnecting. This was a doubly difficult wait because we knew he would have to go through another major operation. This waiting lasted around two months at which time his lungs made major improvements. Thank the Lord he was weaned off an older, gentler breathing machine, to a vent with a sensor which helped regulate his breathing, to a cpap, to a high flow nasal cannula, to eventually regular flow nasal cannula.
The process was often difficult because they would lower his oxygen threshold in order to wean which would require his lungs to do more work. He also was able to move from TPN IV fluids to drinking milk from the bottle by mouth which was a major milestone. After all the waiting and hoping we knew he would likely face some of the same challenges after the re-connection surgery. Although he did have trouble weaning off the ventilator after the operation, thankfully and by the mercy of Jesus his lungs began to grow stronger even though many more challenges would lay ahead.
All glory praise and honor be to God the Father and His son the Lord Jesus Christ.
The famous scripture in Isaiah 40:31 is a wonderful promise for those who wait on the Lord.
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
This is why Christians need to bind together for the Lord and contend for the faith in our nation in order to uphold the Christian Judaeo values our nation was founded upon as evidenced by Moses and the ten commandments etched in the highest court in our land. This is especially true in the day and times we are currently living in where mischief has been framed in laws and the killing of innocent children in the womb and selling their body parts for profit under the guise of medical progress (unethical digression) is abhorrent to say the least.
The thwarting of laws and crimes as uncover operatives legally exposed planned parenthood’s illegal activities of this horrific practice which revealed in federal court a child being born alive and then murdered on the table for the selling of their precious lives and not one of them is in prison (CBN, 2019). On the other hand, California’s attorney generals at the time decided to prosecute the completely legal uncover work of the people who should have been rewarded for exposing the illegal selling of healthy baby body parts.
This is quite convenient as the democrat party affiliates attempt to funnel taxpayer dollars into the hands of planned parenthood which in turn reciprocates funding back into their campaign coffers. God warned the children of Israel, His own chosen people, not to give their children into the fire to Molech and teaches about the judgment of any who would harm the young innocent and even warns it would be better for someone to have a millstone about their neck and cast into the sea than to offend one of His little ones.
The bible clearly teaches to know the truth and the truth shall make you free. As we live in the day spoken of that good will be called evil and evil good and those who depart from evil make themselves a prey, it is clear we need the truth and justice now as we near the precipice of the falling away, or prelude to the time mentioned in scripture referring to three and a half years of tribulation which has never been experienced in world history. Christians face challenges to restore truth and justice in our land.
The good news is God hears the righteous cry. The good news is the Lord Jesus is our righteousness, redemption, wisdom, and sanctification for it is not by might nor by power but by my Spirit saith the Lord the scriptures reveal. Another reason the truth is so valuable in the information age is that many people have knowledge in specialized areas, but the scripture teaches God would that none should perish, but that all should come to the knowledge of the truth.
Hell was prepared for the devil and his angels not for man, so man would have to reject the love that passes knowledge in the divine act of God sending His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. What is the most important information a soul could gain for what does it profit if a man gain the whole world and lose his own soul.