I wait for the Lord
More than watchmen wait for morning,
More than watchmen wait for morning.
I heard a story yesterday about a navy chaplain who was visiting soldiers who were standing guard through the night on the frontlines of a battlefield. He described the incredible tension, as a moving camel in the distance seemed so certainly to look like an enemy soldier, and a twinkle of light would set the whole camp on alarm. In the final hours of night, everyone was desperate to see the morning light, longing for the clarity of vision it would bring. These words from Psalm 130 became all the more real to the chaplain after this experience.
I have written below about how the Christian is always, in this life, waiting. For every answered prayer, there are many unanswered ones. And the ultimate fulfillment for what we can best desire will always remain unfulfilled until Christ returns. But we can still wait with confidence, believing that the morning will come and that the God who is in the business of making things new, will finally, one day, make all things new in Christ.
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Verse 1: Bm7 G D A
Out of the depths I call to You
Listen to my plea
Out of the depths I cry the name of Jesus
Battered by my circumstance
Broken at Your feet
But voice enough to sigh the name of Jesus
Pre-Chorus: Em7 D/F# G A
Where else would I go
You're my only hope
Chorus: Bm7 G D A
More than watchmen wait for morning
I will wait for You, my God
In Your promise I will glory
All my hope is in Your love
Verse 2:
If you kept a record of
All our sinful ways
Who, O Lord, could stand to face Your glory
But full of mercy, rich in love
You have come to save
So in my weary bones I whisper, "worthy"
Bridge: Bm7 A/C# G Bm7 A
My soul waits for the break of day
You will surely come as the rising sun
Bm7 A/C# G A
My soul longs for the coming dawn
You will surely come to us
