An expectation of relief

Raise up thy heart by faith to an expectation of relief from Christ. Relief in this case from Christ is like the prophet’s vision (Hab. 2:3): it is ‘for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie; though it tarry, yet wait for it, because it will surely come, it will not tarry.’ Though it may seem somewhat long to thee whilst thou art under thy trouble and perplexity, yet it shall surely come in the appointed time of the Lord Jesus, which is the best season. If, then, thou raise up thine heart to a settled expectation of relief from Jesus Christ; if thine eyes are towards him as ‘the eyes of a servant to the hand of his master’ (Psalm 123:2), when he expects to receive somewhat from him; thy soul shall be satisfied.
~John Owen, The Mortification of Sin, Chapter 14, p.165