Isaiah 30:18 And therefore the Lord (earnestly) waits (expecting, looking, and longing) to be gracious to you; and therefore He lifts Himself up, that He may have mercy on you and show loving kindness to you.....Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are all those who (earnestly) wait for Him, who expect and look and long for Him (for His victory, His favor, His love, His peace, His joy, and His matchless unbroken companionship)! Amplified Bible.
There was a knock on the door and when I answered it the postman handed me a largish parcel with my name on it. It was a surprise for my birthday which I hadn't been expecting! Woohoo😊. Now I'll have to contain myself till Saturday when I can open it, but will just enjoy the anticipation in the meantime. I love surprise parcels!
I think God wants us to have a similar sense of anticipation of good things to come in our daily lives as well. So often we're tempted to expect the worst instead of believing the Lord for all the good He has stored up for us. Let's not allow past experiences to colour our present and future ones.
Our verse tells us He is longing to be gracious to us which gives us a sense of Him actually wanting to spoil us and love us. That is quite a thought isn't it? He's lifting Himself up off His throne to see if anyone is actually earnestly waiting for Him so He can show them His favour and all His other blessings mentioned. Will He find us like that or just tending to mope about, moaning about the state of the world.
How about we put a smile on our faces and start expecting and longing for Him to do something extraordinarily kind for us just like our verse says and even thank Him for it in advance. It takes faith, and faith pleases Him, so let's please Him in the coming days and be on the look out for whatever good things He has planned and for more of His matchless unbroken companionship.
Let's have a sense of anticipation, like me waiting for my parcel opening moment on Saturday.😊
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