“I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in His word I hope;
my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning…”
Psalm 130:5-6
The job of a watchman was an important one when this verse was written. With a huge amount of business involving crops, watchmen were placed in towers to protect fields from malicious animals or thieves. Watchmen were also placed on city walls to spy for any enemies trying to enter, prepared to send out an alarm at any instant.
What a lonely and tiresome job that must have been throughout the night hours. If you let your eyes close in heaviness for just an instant, the fate of the city could end in ruin. And an attack? Your fault. This is not a job I would have ever longed to have, and if I did have to work it, I can imagine I would be counting down the moments until morning light broke through the darkness.
In the same way, the Psalmist declares that He waits and longs for God even more than the watchman waits for morning. For the Father to show up and break through with His eternal light that scatters the darkness. For Him to do what He best… the miraculous.
I’m longing for the same today. Sometimes the darkness seems so vast and so dark that it’s easy to lose hope. But morning is coming, and it might even be breaking through right now in places we would never expect. The darkest place is where the light shines brightest, after all. Keep looking for the light and keep waiting for Him. But most of all, let’s keep longing for God Himself, even more than we long for His wonders.
For He is the wonder. His Word, the beauty.
And He’s promised to invade our lives with hope through His wonder and beauty if we simply let Him.
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