Do you approach every new day with anticipation of what God is going to do in your life? Our furry friend to the right approaches a lot of situations in life with great anticipation. If you say sit, he'll likely do it because he anticipates the treat that follows. In fact, everytime he obeys he'll do so with great anticipation of what you're going to do.
Anticipation is one of the greatest reasons to have a daily quiet time with God. David writes the following in Psalm 5:3: "O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch." What an awesome verse that ends with David in great anticipation. David said to God that in the morning He would hear his voice. Does God hear your voice every morning? Do you wake up praying and praising God?
The other thing David says that he is faithful to do is to prepare a sacrifice for God. What an incredible challenge for each of us! We should wake up every morning not only lifting our hearts to God but also presenting our lives as a living sacrifice in service for our awesome God! How can God use me today? That's a powerful question to have on your heart as you begin each day.
Now my last question is: What does David do next? After he prays and praises God and prepares his life a living sacrifice to God for that day he simply says that he watches. He looks up! Talk about anticipation! David says, "I'm gonna watch what God does through me today! I'm gonna look up and fix my eyes on God and see what He does!" Are you and I watching everyday to see how God can and will use us as we present ourselves a living sacrifice and offer up to Him the sacrifice of praise? Let me encourage you today to live with great anticipation in God!!
Pastor Jeff
2 comments:
Wow! This really speaks to my heart. I need to wake up every morning excited about what God has for me today! My goal this week is to focus on what I have to be thankful for and how much more God has to do in my life!
We truely are loved by him and it is exciting to think that he is always there for us!
I know what anticipation means. But I can boast of some interesting way of expressing it. I adore
university libraries and wait for visiting it with GREAT anticipation!
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