As I’ve mentioned I’m on a mission to scrapbook our memories of 30+ years. I have thrown out countless photos because the subject has their eyes closed. Do we really blink that much? Apparently so! I’ve noticed that now when I’m having my picture taken I intentionally open my eyes wide and try to prevent my blinks! Sometimes it seems like an eternity before the shutter snaps. I am eager for that shutter to snap so I can quit concentrating on holding my eyes open wide. Ever been in the photographic pose while someone unfamiliar with a camera tries to snap the picture? Maybe eagerness is not my state, perhaps it is really frustration.
Eagerness is a good thing. Yesterday I awoke to one of my favorite days of the month– the monthly meeting with my quilt pals. All day I eagerly waited for that hour+ of show and tell, catch up, and new ideas with my friends with a similar passion.
1 Corinthians 1:7 reminds me that should eagerly wait for Jesus to be revealed. I assume that means that everyday I should eagerly watch for Jesus to be revealed on that day as well as await the final revelation of Jesus at the end of our history.
This verse tells me I’ve been given everything thing I need spiritually so that word eagerly takes on special significance. Eagerness must be my attitude during my waiting. What a dilemma for us in today’s world when we can hardly wait two minutes for the microwave to heat lunch! Most of us would admit to impatience rather than eagerness.
Eagerness should be a way of life. Eager for the things of God. Eager for God’s work. Eager for God’s glory.
Eagerness is our choice. In the morning I can "put on" eagerness or impatience. Eagerness leads to fellowship with God. Impatience robs us of that joy.
With E yes wide open
A nticipate what
G od will do,
E ver
R eady to speak and testify.
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