How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! — Isaiah 52:7
There have a been a few times in my life where I was expecting something at a specific time. For example, I’ll never forget when my wife and I decided on the day we wanted to get married. I knew the day was in the future and I looked forward to that day in anticipation.
No doubt you too have experienced anticipation of something happening in your life as well. Perhaps it was a day or an event that you were excited about and could not wait for it to arrive. The problem is that we often have so much anxiety over the anticipation, we fail to enjoy the event and the importance of it.
In this verse of Isaiah, he was speaking about the return of the Jews into their own land. It was an event that had not happened yet, but he was anticipating their return. He was positive it was going to happen, but the anticipation was there. But he puts things into perspective with the thought about God reigning.
As great as the return of the Jews would be, the greatest thing of all would be that God would be in His rightful place, reigning. It can become so easy to be distracted by the anticipation of the things we want to see happen. We can have such a desire for these things, that we fail to see the most important thing of it all.
Whether you are anticipating a major event in your life, or facing a major trial, we must make sure that we keep God in His place. No matter what we face, our God reigns! If we put our faith in Him, He can help calm the anticipation and anxiety in our lives.
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