Filled with Expectation

In just 3 weeks we will be standing on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. It is in Northern part of Israel at Tiberius and this will be the morning of our first full day in Israel. This is always a wonderful time. The sun has risen over the Golan Heights and the Sea is waiting for us to come and board a boat to sail out on the waters.

I will never forget the first time when we went. I was filled with such a great expectation that it felt like I could carry the boat out on the water by myself. I was anxious to experience the way it felt to be on the same water that my Jesus told me about in the Bible so many times.

When we pulled away from the dock, I took a moment to look back and on the side of the bank were two fishermen. They had long poles and had just cast their lines into the water. They were talking and getting ready for their first catch of the day. They too were experencing a great expectation.

Then finally just behind the men fishing on the rocks, there were five cats that were all sitting and watching the fishermen. It was as though they too were filled with expectations.

And then I realized that everyone at some time in their life is waiting with great expectation. Waiting to see what God will bring to their life that makes it so wonderful and worth living.

Mid-week Prayer

Loving Father! In our times of expectation, bring to us the very thing we need the most. If is is a calmness of our heart, bring it with the warmth and power of the rising sun. If it is a deep hunger, feed us with the food that nurtures our souls and fills our minds with the joy of others. If it is simply the joy of watching Your creation before us, let it come with the beauty that only the Holy Spirit can paint upon the canvas of our souls. We pray this things in the glorious name of Jesus Christ. Amen

This has been Rev. Jim Massey. Come expecting God to touch you in a special way this day. Next week we will draw even closer to God's Holy land of Faith