Our Great Expectation

I just received an order of 6 rose bushes to add to my collection of 25 I have already in my yard. Somebody stop me. My wonderful yard guy, Steve, didn't say a word about too many roses but just dug holes and planted.  Oh, he did say, “You sure can pack a yard,” and “These are going to be so pretty.”

That’s when I realized that he was in the hope business.  I saw the catalog with roses I ordered in bloom but all I was sent was some sticks and roots. He could see in his mind the roses already in bloom. He didn't have to have the catalog. He showed me how healthy the plant was and said that was how he knew they would be pretty. They still looked like sticks and roots to me.

He has great expectations about my roses. Because of his encouragement I now do too.

We have a great expectation that supersedes anything I can hope for in my roses.

Paul said to Titus in chapter 2 and verse 13 “Waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,”

We should be looking longingly to welcome our expectant joyous promise of the return of our savior Jesus Christ.

We have this great expectation. When sometimes all we can see of our world are sticks and roots, we have this hope. We can look past the present and see the future of the glorious appearing of Christ. We are in the hope business too.

Our great expectation

Jesus is coming!

Let’s encourage each other with this hope.