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Isaiah 30:18

The Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 30:18

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

God's waiting and ours.

I. GOD'S WAITING FOR US. "Will the Lord wait." We may look at:

1. The occasions of his waiting. He waits "that he may be gracious."

2. The reason of his waiting. It is because "the Lord is a God of judgment," or of rectitude.

II. OUR WAITING FOR GOD. "Blessed are all they that wait for him."

1. Blessed is the patient inquirer; for he who seeks the truth and waits till light shines in upon his soul will surely find his goal.

2. Blessed is the patient worker; for he who sows the good seed of the kingdom and waits for God to give the increase will "doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him."

3. Blessed is the patient sufferer; for he who "waits for the morning" through the night of pain, or loneliness, or poverty, or any other ill, will find that the glory which is to be revealed will make the sufferings of the present time incomparably small (). Now God waits for us, and we for him. A few steps more and his largest promises and our highest hopes will be all fulfilled.—C.

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