Waiting For God
Looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God
and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Titus 2:13
Have you ever noticed how the first pages of Luke’s gospel are filled with people who were waiting: Zacharias and Elizabeth, Mary and Joseph, Simeon and Anna were all waiting for the fulfilment of a promise from God. But instead of passively waiting, they were actively looking to the Lord each day.
Simeon, for example, was controlled not by hopelessness but by the Spirit who prompted him to go into the temple. His words of praise when he saw the child Jesus, the promised Messiah, resound as an example of patient hope in God: “My eyes have seen Your salvation which You have prepared before the face of all peoples, a light to bring revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of Your people Israel” (Luke 2:30-32).
Many of us find ourselves waiting on God for an answer to a prayer or the fulfilment of a promise. His word comes to us, just as it did to those who were swept up in the events of biblical history.
As we listen to God in His Word and obey Him, we will discover His goodness and power as we wait.
Bible Reading
Luke 2:25-35.
Prayer
Father, In Perfect submission, I am at rest. I in my Saviour am happy and blessed; Watching and waiting, looking above, Filled with His goodness, lost in His love. In Jesus name, I wait upon You. Amen.
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