Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
Therefore the declaration is one of confident hope in God, to look toward the Lord, to wait for the God of salvation, and to trust that God will hear. In Judah's time of apostasy this assurance held out hope to those who were ready to turn to God. God is willing to forgive and accept those who return and turn to Him wholeheartedly, so that even those who have sinned and are weighed down by sin and apostasy can still look, wait, and trust to be heard.
These words are a promise that each soul abiding in Christ may make its own, including the repentant person seeking restoration. They give hope to one who has fallen or sits in darkness that the Lord will be a light and the fallen one will rise.
When a person falls into sin and feels ashamed or helpless, the right response is to look to the Lord, to wait for salvation, and to trust that God will hear. Failure is no reason to avoid prayer, for confessing sin and relying wholly on the Saviour bring forgiveness, help, and hope of rising again.
Therefore the declaration is one of confident hope in God, to look toward the Lord, to wait for the God of salvation, and to trust that God will hear.
In Judah's time of apostasy this assurance held out hope to those who were ready to turn to God.
God is willing to forgive and accept those who return and turn to Him wholeheartedly, so that even those who have sinned and are weighed down by sin and apostasy can still look, wait, and trust to be heard.
These words are a promise that each soul abiding in Christ may make its own, including the repentant person seeking restoration.
They give hope to one who has fallen or sits in darkness that the Lord will be a light and the fallen one will rise.
When a person falls into sin and feels ashamed or helpless, the right response is to look to the Lord, to wait for salvation, and to trust that God will hear.
Failure is no reason to avoid prayer, for confessing sin and relying wholly on the Saviour bring forgiveness, help, and hope of rising again.