A Suffering Servant is a Singing Servant

Today’s text brings us to Psalm 40 where the Psalmist gives the description that he is waiting patiently for the Lord. This is no simple task, but the Psalmist further describes that while he is waiting, God is at work in his life which brings comfort to suffering believers. If we trace through the Scriptures we find in Acts 16 that God is again working while Paul and Silas are suffering, but that God has put a song in their heart while they wait patiently on Him. Suffering servants are to be singing servants, and it is only God who can put a new song in our mouth.