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Anticipation
Often we look forward to Friday as being the last school or work day of the week. From Monday on we are anticipating the weekend, and the freedom to sleep in, have fun, or just hang out and do nothing. I wonder if we anticipate the Lord’s coming as much as we anticipate Fridays? Do we look up every day and say, “Even so, come, Lord Jesus” (Revelation 22:20)? Are we living with the realization that every morning brings us one day nearer to that moment when we will hear the voice of the Lord calling us home?
When the Lord comes, we will enter into our eternal rest in the Father’s house, and best of all we will be with the Lord Jesus forever and ever. I often enjoy the verse that says, “There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God” (Hebrews 4:9). This rest will not be just for a weekend, or a short time, but for eternity. No more worrying or fretting. Our only service in heaven will be to praise and worship the Lord, who will be in the midst of His own as the Lamb of God. Let’s be, “Looking for that blessed hope” (Titus 2:13).
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