Waiting For The New Year
Saturday December 29, 2018
How long are we prepared to do the daily ordinary things we need to do while we wait for God to bring about the plans He has prepared in advance for us to do?
Anna, a prophet, was also there in the Temple … She was very old. Her husband died when they had been married only seven years. Then she lived as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the Temple but stayed there day and night, worshiping God with fasting and prayer. She came along just as Simeon was talking with Mary and Joseph, and she began praising God. She talked about the child to everyone who had been waiting expectantly for God to rescue Jerusalem. (Luke 2:36-38 NLT)
What must it have been like for Anna, who for 60+ years waited to see the fulfillment of God's plan regarding the Messiah? Anna was likely in her teens when she married. She was widowed after only 7 years of marriage and then she entered the Temple, probably in her early twenties. From then until she was 84 she had faithfully worshipped God, fasted and prayed, and served at the Temple. Before seeing the child Jesus, Anna had waited expectantly each day for 60+ years doing ordinary daily tasks. She truly was a patient committed believer in the plans of God.
We don't know how long you or I need to wait for the fulfillment of God's promises in our lives. What we do know is that God is in control. God's plans are good, and God's timing is perfect. God has a purpose in each event of our lives.
“He is the God who made the world. He also made everything in it. From one man he made all the people of the world. Now they live all over the earth. He decided exactly when they should live. And he decided exactly where they should live. God did this so that people would seek him. (Acts 17:24a, 26-27a NIRV)
Prayer: Loving God, As I come to the end of this year and move into the next, I set myself wholeheartedly to do those tasks You have given me to do and trust You to fulfil Your plan for me in Your perfect timing. Amen
©2018 Partners in Hope
More information on this and other related topics @ http://www.partnersinhope.ca/life-with-god-in-recovery-resources/
Audio for Waiting For The New Year
Recent Meditations
Giving Hope
Partners in Hope is supported wholly by our friends and community. We are thankful to everyone who partners with us to help bring hope to the discouraged, hurting, and hopeless.