Keep Anticipating! (Mark 13-14)

I don't know why, but I wept this morning. Sometimes we just wept when we see some changes ahead and knew that things will change for the best! I think this is the tears of hope and joy, of anticipating! I think weeping is part of our prayer life. Just like how your tears may impact your friends when you allowed your authentic tears to flow, God was impacted by your tears when you weep freely before Him. When things became more and more stable, it is time for us to start anticipating for some changes to come, to keep us anticipating!

"But the exact day and hour? No one knows that, not even heaven's angels, not even the Son. Only the Father. So keep a sharp lookout [anticipate], for you don't know the timetable. It's like a man who takes a trip, leaving home and putting his servants in charge, each assigned a task, and commanding the gatekeeper to stand watch [anticipate]. So, stay at your post, watching [anticipating]." 13:32-34 MSG

Maybe we hate some changes, but if we look harder into Jesus' prayer at Gethsemane we will see that Jesus anticipated a time shift. He knew that it is time for His plan to be accomplished and that he will suffer greatly for the best! He even begged, "Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Remove this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will." Jesus begged God to remove his burden, but he told Him that he rather His plan to be accomplished than his desire for the pain to go away! I love how Jesus anticipated prophetically! Jesus knew that the hours are near, so he prayed and sweated for this hour to come! He sweated a blood sweat! Did you know that we sweat a tiniest ounce of blood sweat from sorrow? We cannot see our blood sweat because they are so small, because our grief isn't like Jesus' grief! Supernatural-Grief shows that Jesus had the Supernatural-Holy-Anticipation!

"Watch and pray [anticipate] that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak." We all need some changes in our life to keep us anticipating so that we will keep seeking Him to strengthing our weak flesh. Check your seats! Too warm? It's time to anticipate some changes!