Expectation

Can you imagine today if you were a follower of Jesus? He was just killed yesterday and mourning has set in. All hope seems lost. The man that you have been following that said he was bringing the kingdom of God was killed. The man that you have given you life to for the last three years is no longer there to guide you. What do you do now? What a hopeless feeling there must of been among those who loved Jesus and really knew him.
We find ourselves here many times in this place don't we? We have all the evidence, at least the evidence that we can be aware of, that God is no where to be found. We feel and think that God is gone from our presence and we have no expectation that God will be back. We feel lost, alone, and scared. I wonder what would happen if we could be expectant? I wonder what would happen if we could believe that God is sill right here, right now even when we "think" God is not. One man took that belief and put into action.

There was a man by the name of Joseph, a member of the Jewish High Council, a man of good heart and good character. He had not gone along with the plans and actions of the council. His hometown was the Jewish village of Arimathea. He lived in alert expectation of the kingdom of God. He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Taking him down, he wrapped him in a linen shroud and placed him in a tomb chiseled into the rock, a tomb never yet used. It was the day before Sabbath, the Sabbath just about to begin. Luke 23:50-54

Can we live in "alert expectation of the kingdom of God." God is always here. God is always at work, even in those times that we sense all hope is gone. Remember that our thoughts and feelings can tell us things, but what do we believe. A belief is different than a thought. A belief is a thought that we have had over and over again until we actually believe and act on it without thinking. We own it, we know it. Live each day in alert expectation of the kingsdom of God. Believe and know that God and his kingdom is here.

Namaste'