Psalm 126
Habakkuk 2:1-5
Philippians 3:7-11
The tone changes
as we begin the week pondering the joy we expect at Christ’s return. Also
common across the passages this week, though, is a sense of dread for some at
the accompanying calamity that is sure to come for them.
In Habakkuk, a
watchman stands guard at his station, anxiously awaiting the coming one,
actively anticipating the coming one. If there were any action he could take to
make it happen sooner, he would do it.
Why is the
experience so different for the watchman and the others, the ones never
satisfied? It is all about the relationship to the one coming. It is all about
the relationship. The watchman waits for one dear to him. The others wait for
someone with the hopes of what they may get from him.
How are we
waiting? With exuberant anticipation? With resigned disappointment? The way we
wait may determine the Lord we encounter.
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