Lamentations 3:24-25

Lamentations 3:24 Jehovah is my portion, says my soul; / Therefore I hope in Him.

Lamentations 3:25 Jehovah is good to those who wait on Him, / To the soul that seeks Him.

Jeremiah enjoyed Jehovah as his portion, and he put his hope not in himself nor in the people nor in anything else but only in Jehovah. On the one hand, Jeremiah realized that God is a God of lovingkindness, that He is compassionate, and that His word is faithful. On the other hand, Jeremiah realized that we still need to contact the Lord every morning, put our entire hope in Him, and wait on Him. 

In Jeremiah's time, the situation of the people of Israel was not good. It did not seem that God was so loving, kind, compassionate, and faithful. Rather, it looked just the opposite. When we are in a similiar situation, what should we do? Like Jeremiah, we need to realize that God is still our portion and that we should hope in Him, wait on Him, and call upon His name. However, even thought we do these things, we should not expect the situation to change immediately. Since there may be no immediate change, we need to continue to wait on the Lord. 

- "Life Study of Lamentations" PP 7-8