Anticipation!

Faith is the substance of faith hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Now, hope does not disappoint.

When our hopes are anchored to His promises found in His Word, there is nothing more certain than His Word.

Can we bring ourselves to take God at His Word? The answer for me my friend, is yes, yes and yes!

It is Your goodness that leads me to repentence! How awesome and full You are! El-Shaddai! Surely goodness and mercy and Your lovingkindness shall pursue me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever!

Oh! I fall at Your feet O Lord - in Your presence, I see Your face. Your love and Your goodness overwhelms me. And I rejoice and exalt in Your power and Your love! My God is so big! So strong, and so mighty, there's nothing my God cannot do!


Isaiah 54

"Shout for joy, O barren one, you who have borne no child;
Break forth into joyful shouting and cry aloud, you who have not travailed;
For the sons of the desolate one will be more numerous than the sons of the married woman," says the Lord

"Enlarge the place of your tent;
Stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, spare not;
Lengthen your cords and strengthen your pegs.
For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left,
and your descendants will possess nations and will resettle the desolate cities.

Fear not, for you will not be put to shame;
And do not feel humiliated, for you will not be disgraced;
But you will forget the shame of your youth,
And the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more.
For your husband is your Maker,
Whose name is the LORD of hosts;
And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel, who is called the God of all the earth..."


Isaiah 60

"Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you! For behold, darkness will cover the earth and deep darkness the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you, and His glory will appear upon you. Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.

Lift up your eyes round about and see; They all gather together, they come to you. Your sons will come from afar, and your daughters will be carried in the arms. Then you will see and be radiant, and your heart will thrill and rejoice; because the abundance of the sea will be turned to you, the wealth of the nations will come to you...

Foreigners will build up your walls, and their kings will minister to you. For in My wrath I struck you, and in My favour I have had compasion on you. Your gates will be open continually; they will not be closed day or night, so that men may bring to you the wealth of the nations, with their kings led in possession...

Violence will not be heard again in our land, nor devastation or destruction within your borders; but you will call your walls salvation and your gates praise.

No longer will you have the sun for light by day, nor for brightness will the moon give you light; but you will have the LORD for an everylasting light, and your God for your glory.

Your sun will no longer set, nor will your moon wane; for you will have the LORD for an everylasting light, and the days of your mourning will be over.

Then all your people will be righteous;
They will possess the land forever,
The branch of My planting,
The work of My hands,
That I may be glorified,
The smallest one will become a clan,
And the least one a mighty nation.
I, the LORD, will hasten it in its time."