wait.

And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you. Deliver me from all my transgressions.

-Psalm 29:7-8a

Isn't a lot of life about waiting? Especially in the Christian life. A lot of time is spent trusting in God & waiting for Him to move or direct us.

Earlier in this Psalm, David talks about the fleeting vanities of the human life - things that men & women hold onto & cling to. He talks about the "things of this world" & how the Lord despairs those that find happiness from these things. He basically increases the readers' awareness of how vain & frail the "things of this world" really are.

At this point in the Psalm, David is responding to God, & appealing to Him about this subject. He is essentially communicating: "Why do I wait since I know there is nothing on earth worth waiting for? Oh well. I will put my hope in you & whatever you have for me on this earth."

Matthew Henry writes in his commentary about this passage of Scripture: "The consideration of the vanity & frailty of human life should deaden our desires to the things of this world & lower our expectations from it."

So true.

David expresses later in the Psalm how much he desires God over the "things of this world." He also gives a warning: that we cannot put our identity or our trust in the "things of this world." We must put them in God alone.

What we can ultimately extract from this short passage is this: though this world offers nothing to our expectation, God is worthy of all confidence nonetheless. He is worthy.

We must get to the point where this is more than just head knowledge.

We must seek to daily:

1) recognize the seriousness of our human nature

2)put our fleshly desires & vanity aside

3)consider how to put all confidence & hope in Him

4)trust that He will continue to give us grace as we grow through sanctification