Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him

It will be said on that day,
“Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us.
This is the Lord; we have waited for him;
let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation."

Isaiah 25:9 (ESV)

The word "waited" is translated, in the NIV and other versions of the Bible, as "trusted". "Waited" is closer to the literal original meaning, but this can help explain what it means, as Isaiah 40:31 says, to "wait for the Lord". As we face troubles and trials in our day-to-day lives, to wait is to trust. Waiting demands bearing with uncertainty, yet believing that He who said He is faithful will give us what is best for us. What then is that? What is best for us is God himself, and the salvation he brings. 

And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. ... If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

Luke 11: 9-10, 13 (ESV)

This verses are so easily misconstrued to mean that God will gives us anything and everything that we ask for. Scripture and life experience tells us that this is simply not true. However, look closer: God promises, in the parallel comparison with a human father, to give us "good gifts". Yet, Jesus does not say, that the heavenly Father give even better or greater gifts than an earthly father, rather He says that the heavenly Father will give us the Holy Spirit! That then is what we should desire and wait for: God Himself, the salvation that comes through Jesus Christ and the abiding presence of the Holy Spirit. That is the greatest gift of all.

So will you wait for Him today? Will you wait for His plan, his timing in your life? Know that He has already satisfied your deepest need, the need for Him. The thing most worth waiting for has already been given to us. Wait for him, as He continues to make us perfect till the glorious day of the new earth.