of adversity, we must be found waiting
you must still wait upon God. This will protect you from the temptations that accompany both busyness and leisure.
3. Both in days of prosperity and in days of adversity, we must be found waiting
upon God.
Does the world smile upon us and court us? Even so, let us not turn from attending to God to make our court to the world. No matter how much of the world's wealth we possess, we cannot claim to have no need of God or no further reason to depend on Him. David came close to saying this when, in his prosperity, he declared he would never be moved. But he soon realised his error when God hid His face, and David was troubled (Psalm 30:6).
When our affairs prosper, and God brings plenty into our hands, we must wait on Him as our great landlord, acknowledging our obligations to Him. We must seek His blessing on what we have and His favour alongside it, depending on Him for both its continuance and the comfort it brings. We must wait on God for wisdom and grace to use what He has entrusted to us for the purposes He intends, as stewards who will one day give an account and do not know how soon that day will come. However much of this world's goods we may possess, no matter how richly we enjoy them, we must still wait on God for better things—not only better than what the world gives but better than even what He gives in this world. Let us pray, Lord, do not let this be my portion forever.
When the world frowns upon us, and things go very wrong, let us not allow its frowns to frustrate us or frighten us so much that we turn away from waiting on God. Instead, let them drive us towards Him.