Our Anticipation!
"Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things,
be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without
spot and blameless."
2 Peter 3: 14
Psychologists tell us that anticipation, which is opposite
of surprise, is an emotion with marvelous healing powers.
People who are snowbound sustain their spirits by anticipating
longer days of spring and summer. Couples who are separated
by military deployment stay sane with anticipating their reunion.
Students anticipate end of the semester. Workers look forward
to vacations. Brides and grooms are eager for the wedding day.
Can you imagine the world without anticipation? How would we
feel with nothing to look forward to? Welcome to non-Christianity.
Without Christ, there is no ultimate anticipation. There may be a
momentary prospects and incremental excitement, but lasting
expectancy is missing.
The future has no promise; it holds no hope. Everything is
perishing or will perish. Death is the termination of our life,
our families, our fortunes, our civilization, and even of the
universe itself.
Thank God we have a message of hope! Our joy is
complete as we look to the future return of
our
Lord and to the mansions He is preparing for
us. Let’s live in anticipation
today!
"On every page of the Bible there are words of
God that give reason to hope. In the promises
of God I find inspiration and new hope."
Charles L. Allen
