*Keep In Expectation* ~~~~~

[Queen Esther]

Keep In Expectation.....

You wake up to get ready for work or school and you take a deep breath. Another long day lies ahead, another day of enduring in this system. Your routine stays the same: You rarely miss a meeting and you go out on the ministry constantly. You do everything you can for Jehovah and nothing distracts you from that. But the trials continue to pile up. Temptations are everywhere and the challenges of work or school are taxing on your mind and body. But you continue to rely on Jehovah everyday of your life. Time passes and things just keep getting harder and harder. Health problems continue to afflict us, tragic events happen unexpectedly. And if that's not painful enough, the death of a loved one breaks our heart and shatters it to pieces. Sometimes it seems like there is no way out. Some days are just too much to bear.

You give way to tears and you cry to Jehovah in silence some nights. But you refuse to give up! You are convinced that nothing can separate us from God's love. More time passes and you keep enduring every day, holding steadfast in the truth. You rely on Jehovah's guidance more than ever and you give it your all to praise Him publicly. Then finally one day....

After coming home from work or school, your phone beeps and you receive the most astonishing text message of your life: "URGENT. Check the news !!!" Your heart starts beating a little faster. You rush to find the remote. Could this be it? Could this be the moment that we have all been waiting for? With hands shaking and palms sweating you turn on the television and in big bold letters you see this plastered across the screen:

BREAKING NEWS ALERT: WORLD PEACE DECLARED.

Jehovah day is about to begin!!! With tears of relief streaming down your face, you pray to Jehovah and you ask him for strength and guidance to help you deal with the earthshaking events that are about to take place worldwide. Aren't you glad you stayed spiritually alert all this time? So keep in expectation, we are on the verge of witnessing the most earth shattering events of our lives!

"Whenever it is that they are saying, “Peace and security!” then sudden destruction is to be instantly on them"  (1. Thessalonians 5:3)

"Even if it should delay, keep in expectation of it! For it will without fail come true. It will not be late!" (Habakkuk 2:3)