p. 39 | Wait on the Lord by F. M. Bragg

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 29, 1863

Wait on the Lord.

By F. M. Bragg

"The Lord is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life, of whom shall I be afraid?" Ps. xxvii, 1.

These words of the sweet Psalmist are peculiarly comforting in sickness and affliction. The beautifully expressive Ps. from which they are taken is full of precious, consoling and sweet encouraging promises to the faithful.

Oftitimes, within the last four months have I derived sweet encouragement from the Psalmist's prayer and exhortations, herein contained. Amidst the varied scenes of the society of the ungodly, my mind has been borne above the surrounding influences, to feast upon the sweet refreshing views of the Psalmist. With David my heart responds, "One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after, that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple. For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion, in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me, he shall set me up upon a rock." Verses 4, 5.

From time to time, we prove God's love and tender care for us. Truly the Lord is our only hope. He preserves our life and health, for by his blessing only are they continued to us. Ofttimes the most salutary and effectual means proves futile to the restoration of health, and sometimes he blesses human means to our recovery. But whatever betide, how precious the assurance that our heavenly Father guides and protects as is for our good and his own glory.

"With the Psalmist, I would ever pray "Teach me thy way O Lord and lead me in a plain path."

Again, the psalmist, as if to sum up all duty in the lovely grace of patience, exclaims, "Wait on the Lord, be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart. Wait, I say, on the Lord." Verse 14.

F. M. BRAGG.

Water Cure, Flint, Mich.