
I am tired of WAITING,
even though I stand on my soap box and cry out
BE WAITLESS!
TRUST GOD!
WAIT PATIENTLY!
WATCH EXPECTANTLY!
Oh I BELIEVE those words,
but now I am eating my own words,
as I am getting tired of WAITING.
I question if
GOD is sleeping on the job,
and then the question becomes my answer~
GOD isn't sleeping as HE is IN THE WAIT,
as HE is taking me DEEPER into my FAITH
because
HE is doing
"IMMEASURABLY MORE" (Ephesians 3 20)
then I could ever imagine.
The
IMMEASURABLY MORE
that is more than I want
because
HE knows what I NEED
and HE already gave it to me.
HOPE swaddled in a BABY.
A BABY!
GOD sent A BABY,
when the world wanted
A SAVIOR.
A BABY.
Can you just imagine,
that on that SILENT NIGHT
GOD
came to earth dressed as
A BABY?
I wonder I can only imagine the questions
from all who were WAITING.
Is that all you have GOD?
Well, actually not
because
JESUS
was
THE IMMEASURABLY MORE
then they could have ever imagined.
But GOD had them WAIT,
as HE is in the FAITH industry.
FAITH WAITS.
They WAITED
for THE BABY
to become
a TEEN,
to become
a MAN,
to become
THE SACRIFICE,
to become
nailed to a CROSS,
and
to be BURIED.
And then they had to WAIT again,
for THREE DAYS,
for JESUS,
the one who was
CROWNED SAVIOR OF THE WORLD,
was DEAD.
Tick. Tick. Tick.
The WAIT that felt like a lifetime for all of the FOLLOWERS OF JESUS.
Did JESUS let them down?
Was it worth the sacrifice HIS disciples made to FOLLOW HIM
by DENYING themselves?
Tick. Tick. Tick.
THE WAIT~
BELIEVE. BELIEVE. BELIEVE.
THE WAIT~
TRUST. TRUST. TRUST.
THE WAIT~
FAITH. FAITH. FAITH.
But then JESUS did all that GOD said HE would do.
But then JESUS did all that HE said HE would do.
JESUS was BORN.
JESUS was CRUCIFIED.
JESUS did RISE.
JESUS will COME AGAIN.
Oh WAITING just became the sweet spot
of where HOPE LIVES.
HOPE fulfilled in THE BIRTH OF THE BABY,
NEW BIRTH.
“Behold I make things new”
(Isaiah 43:19).
A BETTER HOPE which brings us into the presence of GOD!
"Another way~Jesus!
A way that does work, that brings us right into the presence of GOD, is put in its place"
(Hebrews 7:18 MSG).
The BETTER HOPE in all things;
then anything or anyone where we place our HOPE.
HOPE born into our helplessness.
Isn’t that what HOPE is,
HOPING things change,
HOPING that they get better?
Well THE BABY birthed a better way,
when JESUS became the LIVING HOPE.
HOPE in the IMPERFECT
because
JESUS is THE PERFECT GIFT
HOPE~
A confident expectation and desire.
A confident expectation that good things are coming.
HOPE is CERTAINTY.
HOPE isn’t the “maybe it will happen" kind of HOPE,
because CHRISTMAS HAPPENED.
HOPE is strong confidence in the promises of GOD.
"Hope is not a granted wish or favor performed;
no, it is far greater than that.
It is a zany, unpredictable dependence on a GOD
who loves to surprise us out of our socks
and be there in the flesh to see our reaction"
(MAX LUCADO).
Where do you need a
NEWNESS,
A NEW BIRTH,
THE BETTER HOPE,
A CHRISTMAS IN YOUR HEART?
I HOPE I get that job.
I HOPE I can make it through this?
I HOPE my relationships reconcile?
I HOPE I can pay the bills?
I HOPE I can get out of bed?
I HOPE I lose 10 pounds, and keep them off?
THE WAIT is over!
HOPE IS HERE
because JESUS IS HERE
If JESUS is your HOPE, then the answers to your HOPES do not matter,
because JESUS is THE ANSWER.
So am I tired of WAITING?
I can't be or I would be tired of
LIVING in THE HOPE of who is already here.
BE WAITLESS.
TRUST GOD. WAIT PATIENTLY. WATCH EXPECTANTLY.
Get ready. Get Set. Go.
CHRISTMAS IN JULY.
"GOING BACK TO THE HEART OF WORSHIP"
(listen to the song below)
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