Anticipation
How often we anticipate the visit of a loved friend, and count the days expectantly with hopeful joy.
Too often, though, we forget the blessed promise of the Lord Jesus, whom our eyes have never seen. That promise that he gave to the disciples before He went to the cross and then returned to heaven. The precious promise, “I will come again, and receive you unto Myself” (John 14:3).
The days and nights come and go, yet still He tarries; but He will not always tarry. His promise is sure; “For yet a little while, and He that shall come will come, and will not tarry” (Hebrews 10:37). The world was dark and weary when He came the first time, and then, unexpected He suddenly came, “A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of His people Israel” (Luke 2:32). So, as the moral and spiritual darkness gathers over this world today, we can, and should, expect Him at any moment.
Are we among those who are “Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ” (Titus 2:13)? If so, we are greatly blessed! It may be today!
