{"id":426,"date":"2026-09-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torimont.com\/?p=426"},"modified":"2026-09-18T21:14:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T01:14:14","slug":"wait-for-the-lord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torimont.com\/?p=426","title":{"rendered":"Wait for the Lord"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

September 19 \u2013 Wait for the Lord<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Scripture<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Psalm 130:5 (ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.” (KJV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Encouragement<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Waiting can be one of the hardest parts of prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We pray, and then we wait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We ask God for direction, but the path remains unclear. We pray for a loved one, but nothing seems to change. We ask for a door to open, but it remains closed. We bring the same burden to God again and again, wondering when the answer will come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Psalm 130:5 shows us what to do in that space between our prayer and God\u2019s answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI wait for the LORD.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The psalmist was not simply waiting for his circumstances to change. He was waiting for the Lord Himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And while he waited, he had somewhere to place his hope: \u201cin his word I hope.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That changes the way we wait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our hope is not based on seeing signs that things are beginning to work out. It is grounded in what God has already said. His character has not changed. His promises remain true. His wisdom is still perfect. His faithfulness does not depend on how quickly He answers us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Waiting does not mean God is doing nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There may be things He is accomplishing that we cannot yet see. He may be preparing circumstances, working in someone else\u2019s heart, protecting us from something we do not know about, or doing a work within us as we learn to depend more deeply on Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We do not need to understand everything God is doing in order to wait faithfully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We can keep praying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keep trusting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keep returning to His Word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And keep hoping in the Lord while we wait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prayer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dear loving heavenly Father, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Waiting is difficult when I want an answer now. Help me not to measure Your faithfulness by how quickly my circumstances change. Teach me to wait for You and place my hope in Your Word. When I cannot see what You are doing, remind me that You are still trustworthy. Give me patience to keep praying and faith to trust Your timing and Your purposes. In Jesus\u2019 almighty name, amen.
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Thought for Today<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While I wait for God\u2019s answer, I will place my hope in His Word.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

September 19 \u2013 Wait for the Lord Scripture \u201cI wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope.\u201d  Psalm 130:5 (ESV) \u201cI wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.” (KJV) Encouragement Waiting can be one of the hardest parts of prayer. We pray, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-walking-with-god"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/torimont.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/torimont.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/torimont.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torimont.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torimont.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=426"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/torimont.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":427,"href":"https:\/\/torimont.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426\/revisions\/427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/torimont.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torimont.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torimont.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}