Psalm 130
Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord!
2 O Lord, hear my voice!
Let your ears be attentive
to the voice of my pleas for mercy!
3 If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could stand?
4 But with you there is forgiveness,
that you may be feared.
5 I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,
and in his word I hope;
6 my soul waits for the Lord
more than watchmen for the morning,
more than watchmen for the morning.
7 O Israel, hope in the Lord!
For with the Lord there is steadfast love,
and with him is plentiful redemption.
8 And he will redeem Israel
from all his iniquities.
When we think about all the time we have fought our battles with Prayer. I'm reminded of the Children of Israel waiting for 500 years. Not even being literate as a crowd of slaves with the name of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob's God, yet waiting for Him.
England began the campaign to end slavery in 1779 and completed the job in 1807. The Slave trade knew this and slavery in America knew this - And began to pray. Some prayers take time.
This nation was colonized from 1585 on indentured servitude, "controlled" labour through an exploitative debt-peonage system, formally developed in the late 17th century and continued through to the period of the American Revolution. Not all "servants" came willingly. It's estimated almost every and all of the indentured/enslaved people died in the 16 to mid 17th centuries. Several instances of kidnapping for transportation to the Americas and one of these unwilling participants in the new colonies was Benjamin Franklin.
We could go with this idea of waiting on the Lord - - - all the way back to not only the servitude of Goshen Children of Israel, we could continue waiting on the Lord - during - the Exodus. Moses certainly did not control the Lord God Almighty. We could guess Moses tried - knowing human nature. Moses, after all, did not again put his hand next to his chest inside his robe to show Pharoah (probably Seti II, 19th Dynasty, 1200 BC) Moses had Leprosy. Moses, based upon his retirement on Mount Nebo and not the Promised Land probably annoyed God from time to time. (Blessed, blessed, blessed to be Children of the New Covenant covered in the Name of Jesus!!!)
We know the Children of Israel were a difficult people. Don't bother Pharoah. What! Send us back to be slaves here comes Pharaoh and Army! We are Hungry. We are Thirsty. Don't have God talk to us. You talk to Him. We want to go back to Egypt. We need a Golden Calf. We won't fight. We don't want to find giants. A dear friend of mine saw images of the Exodus journey and felt so bad - she said she would complain. Certainly.
Yet God is always our Love because He is our Comfort and Comforter. When Alexander, our youngest son traveled to Russia, Siberia caught on fire. The heat in Moscow was at 100'. This summer Anchorage and fairbanks Alaska are having fires. We will pray for them as well.
When Father God took the Children of Israel into the desert, He is all capable in all environments. Father God provided cloud by day and fire by night. This is an Action of God, we can consider well if Alaska and Siberia can burn - the desert can be cool with rain and relief and bloom. More babies were born easily in the time of the 40 years of the Exodus. Manna, evidently, did Godly well.
Jesus, so at home in this life He calls, "Joy", Jesus sat to teach.
How would we relate all of this waiting on Jesus Christ? With some difficulty, the Word "immediately" was near Jesus all the time.
Jesus did say this to the people He would spend time with during His Ministry of Grace upon Grace: Even to the little children, Jesus would give His Word of what we are able to do, Jesus said to little children, "Come unto me." Jesus intended small children to seek Jesus. Move their feet.
Jesus said what we do to the least, we do to Jesus. Children died too often to be considered the greatest prizes. Functioning men were "Bar" "Son". If Jesus told the least, the little children, to seek Him, we should do this.
Jesus told the paralyzed man, the man at the Pool of Siloam, many healed people first, after being part of a crowd and waiting on Jesus, "Your sins are forgiven."
O Israel, hope in the Lord!
For with the Lord there is
steadfast love,
and with him is
plentiful redemption.
8 And he will redeem Israel
from all his iniquities.
Waiting on the Lord would include: Sent to the Pool of Siloam. Sent to see the Priest. Go home, don't go into the village. Put the people out of the daughter's death bed mourning. Have faith. Pick up your pallet. Walk.
Even in the Exodus, the people walked across the Red Sea.
His Grace is our Promise.
Abba,
Blessed be You, God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
You have blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,
You chose us in Jesus before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before You, covered by Jesus.
In Your love, You predestined us for adoption in Jesus as sons according Your will and good Purpose.
We thank You for Your glorious grace, with which You have blessed us in the Beloved. Shower our dear friend with healing from cancer. Bless Alaska with Showers to stop the fires and all along the West Coast. Bless Hawaii to send rain quickly as the Hurricane departs.
Because of Jesus, we have redemption through Jesus' blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of Your grace, which You lavished upon us.
In all wisdom and insight making known to us the mystery of Your will, according to Your purpose, which You set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in You, things in heaven and things on earth.
We give Thanks for the Glory of God - Your Love. Covering us, the people we Love, our Nation, the Children believing in You, the Nations trusting in You. In Your Word You tell us to ask for more Heaven on earth.
In Jesus Christ. Amen and Amen and Amen.
♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †
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