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Day 13: The Hopeful Wait

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 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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