anticipate

PRAISE THE LORD OH MY SOUL! AND ALL THAT IS WITHIN ME, PRAISE HIS HOLY NAME!!!!

as i wait, as i pray, i long to experience God in a way i never have before. i have a journey ahead of me. i know i do. one that God has planned and with excitement i wait patiently for his plan to unfold. as each day passes, as each moment passes, i wait.

still. learning. longing.

when i look in the Word at stories of promise from God to his people, they were rarely given their blessings immediately. Abraham and Sarah, Jacob, and Moses to name a few, waited YEARS to receive their promise. God blessed them, and when he did, it wasn't the actual blessing that was the gift. it was the journey. the time they spent learning and longing for God. that was the gift.

"Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; He rises to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for Him!" Isaiah 30:18

Sometimes its not the gift itself, it is the anticipation.