My soul waits for the LORD more than those who watch for the morning, more than those who watch for the morning. Psalm 130:6
Twelve months passed watching the preparations of my wedding unfold, as I waited to marry the love of my life.
Nine months passed as I watched my belly grow, and waited each time for the arrival of my little ones.
Endless months passed as I watched the days drop off the calendar, and waited for the return of my deployed husband.
However, all of that pales in comparison to the waiting on the return of my Lord. Yet, I forget somedays that He’s coming back. I don’t take the time to ponder that He warns us to not let our lamp oil run out, or to not grow weary, and be vigilant in my watching and waiting.
The ebbs and flows of day in and day out living draws my attention away from the anticipated return of the One I love. When waiting for my wedding, my life was consumed in the planning, and the anticipation of my children, swelled my heart with dreams of their future, and when I longed for the return of my love, I sat imagining the day of our reunion.
Yet, the return of the Holy One, I shamefully admit, I rarely ponder. Oh how I long to wait with expectancy! Oh how I want to have my days consumed with planning His return. How I yearn to cry out with all sincerity, ‘make full my heart Lord with dreams of OUR future, and let my imagination run wild on OUR reunion!’
Oh my heart aches to long as the Apostles longed. To cry out as the Psalmists cried out!
Lord, fill me with expectancy! Lord, fill me with a longing! Lord, do not allow my heart to wane in the wait. Keep me vigilant! Keep me anticipating the return of the one thing that is truly worth watching and waiting for!
Lord, Increase my longing, and my love for you that I will not grow weary, that my oil will not run dry, and my eyes will not be drawn to another. Only you can fill me with that type of expectancy! Only you can drive me to that place!
So I will watch as you change my heart, and I will wait as you increase my expectancy!
But as for me, I will watch expectantly for the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me. Micah 7:7
NOW YOUR TURN: Does your heart race with adrenaline as you watch and wait for the Lord’s return? Do you ever ponder what it will be like? If so, how do you keep that passion alive? I’d love to hear.