Why do we have this wonderful emotion? From where does it come? The simple answer is that we were made this way. But there is something much more. We are made in the image and likeness of God Himself. Therefore, we can learn something of Him by looking at ourselves. In other words, we have the emotion of joyful anticipation because He has it. (Yes, we also have some very un-Godlike emotions but those can, in every case, be traced back to Godly emotions that have been corrupted by sin.)
So we can know that God gets excited about the future – He gets excited about what He plans in the lives of His children and gets even more excited when He sees those plans about to come true. Just think about it: God has plans and dreams for you, He works tirelessly to bring them about, and can scarcely contain His excitement when all the planning is about to pay off. How do we know this? Because that’s how we feel about our hopes and plans and dreams.
So just think, right now God has something huge and wonderful planned for your life and is doing everything He can (which is quite a lot!) – without forcing you into anything you absolutely refuse to do – to make those plans come true. If God needed sleep, I bet He’d have trouble sleeping tonight!
What a good way of expressing our God given ability to hope. I think this is what you are talking about when you describe excitement and anticipation. Yes, I think we have this ability because God created it in us. Since we are made in God's image, it comes from him.
ReplyDeleteHow sad when people say know to God. They don't know what they are missing do they? I have to remember this myself when I resist his plans.