Micah 7:7: “But as for me, I watch in hope for the LORD, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.”
I sometimes struggle to watch in hope for the Lord. How about you? Yet that is how God wants us to watch.
The father of the prodigal son watched in hope for him to return. The son did return. Luke 15:20 says, “But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son.”
That is an example for us on how to watch in hope and wait for God to answer us. We can wait in confidence because the verse ends with “My God will hear me.”
Perhaps we need a job or a car, salvation of a loved one, return of a prodigal, healing from trauma, or the end of destructive behavior such as overeating, unforgiveness, drinking or drugging.
Whatever the request is, we can watch in hope, wait for God our Savior, and know that he will hear us.
Dear God, help me watch in hope for the Lord. Amen.
Application: What will you ask God for this week?
Copyright © by Yvonne Ortega May 22, 2012
