What were they thinking?
What were they looking forward to today, or maybe even dreading it?
I thought of the word "anticipation" and I found a meaning:
"realization in advance; foretaste."
It seems to me, as I think about it, that there is little neutral in the word. It is either a happy thought or one of impending doom. There is little middle ground in anticipation.
When I woke this morning early, my thoughts were on anticipation, and they were happy. It is great to have some events, be they near or far away, that you can smile as you think of them. It does not mean that they will happen as you foresee, just that the foretaste can be good in your mouth, or, in this case, in your dreams.
If your foresight turned out to be on target, all is well, and you can revel in successes in accomplishment, or in life in general.
But what happens if your dreams of glory are dashed in disaster?
What if, in spite of your anticipation, your dreams go up in ashes, what do you think then?
Could you react like the three Israelite men in Daniel Chapter 3 as they replied to the king:
"17 If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us from Your Majesty’s hand. 18 But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.”
Is my faith so fragile that I cannot take disappointment or loss? Even if He does not come through as I planned He would, can I pray "Thy Will Be Done"?
Do I rely on the fact that His Mercies are new every morning and His Grace covers my whole life?
Do I greet the new day with an anticipation, that whatever happens in this day, I can still pray for His Will to be Done?
If I can live in light of that fact, my life will reveal Him, and it will be that my worries will turn to ashes and not my dreams.
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