This past Sunday, I had the privilege of preaching at our church (Logos Community Church). For the past several weeks, we have been looking at the presence of God throughout the Psalms and this past Sunday we visited the Will of God as seen in Psalm 40 and I have been completely wrecked by it. I decided to write a few of my thoughts on what hit me the most, namely the first 3 verses. I think they set the tone for the rest of the Psalm. Nonetheless, I think this will turn into a short series of posts in light of who we are and what God does.

Humility and Hope

The two big themes that the Lord is wrecking me on right now as seen in verse one are humility and hope under the umbrella of waiting patiently. In this verse, King David is not only waiting patiently on the Lord, but says that the Lord hears his cry. Here's a king who had all the power you can imagine and then some waiting patiently and crying out to God.

David demonstrates the kind of humility I wish to pursue. Verse 1 presents a man who is utterly broken over his sin and I am no where near a king and I am not nearly as broken and in tears over my sin as David was (Psalm 6:6). I default to a horrible attitude of "working it off" many times. David's humility, helps me to learn of his Hope that is ridiculously confident in God as he waits. David places his hope in the Lord through his word (Psalm 130:5) and I'm over here taking hope for granted because it's been a pretty good season.

You and I don't have room or time to take a back seat to our faith. It doesn't work that way because the truth is that we quickly desire ownership instead of worship of God (Genesis 2:16-17).

Here's what we can think and chew on over the next couple of days: humility will not be cultivated by yourself. And hope is an assurance that is only found in the Fear of the Lord (Proverbs 1:7) and whether God saves a week later or a year later, God inclines and hears our cry. God saves His children for the purpose of His name being glorified.

Whatever your cry is right now, waiting patiently is not sitting still, but actively pursuing humility and placing you hope in what He has spoken through His written word.

Listen/Watch Sermon (vimeo was being a little fuzzy about starting at 0:00):