These wait all upon Thee; that Thou mayest give them their meat in due season. That Thou givest them they gather: Thou openest Thine hand, they are filled with good.
—Psalm 104:27-28
This psalm is in praise of the Creator of the birds and the beasts of the forest, of the young lions, of the great sea, where things exist, both small and great beasts. And, it sums up the whole relationship of all creation to its Creator, and its continuous and universal dependence upon Him, in the one word, “these wait all upon thee”! Just as much as it was God’s work to create, it is His work to maintain. The whole creation is ruled by the one unalterable law of waiting upon God!
The word is the simple expression of that for the sake of which alone man was brought into existence, the very groundwork of his constitution. The one object for which God gave life to mankind was that in them He might prove and show forth His wisdom, power, and goodness. He would be, each moment, their life and happiness, and pour forth unto them the riches of His goodness and power. And just as this is the very place and nature of God, to be unceasingly the supplier of every want, so the very place and nature of man is nothing but this: to wait upon God and receive from Him what He alone can give, what He delights to give.
“These wait all upon Thee; that Thou mayest give them.” It is God who gives all: let this faith enter deeply into our hearts. Before we fully understand all that is implied in our waiting upon God, and before we have even been able to cultivate the habit, let the truth enter our souls. Waiting on God, unceasing and entire dependence upon Him, is, in heaven and earth, the only true faith, the one unalterable and all-comprehensive expression for the true relationship to the ever blessed One in whom we live.
Let us resolve at once that it will be the one characteristic of our life and worship, a continual, humble, truthful waiting upon God. We may rest assured that He who made us for Himself, that He might give Himself to us and in us, will never disappoint us. In waiting on Him, we will find rest and joy and strength, and the supply of every need.