Advent - God Knows What He's AboutSample

A Long Wait  

Waiting and serving: who likes it? 

Anna was a prophetess who, after a short seven year marriage,  never left the temple for 77 years (Luke 2:36). From verse 37 we discover Anna was eighty-four. She was a woman serving night and day with fastings and prayers. That is a long time to pray. 

We learn in verse 38 that “she came up (to Mary and Joseph) and began giving thanks to God and continued to speak of Him (God) to all those who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem”. This implies strongly that Anna knew this small baby was God’s Son and Deliverer of Israel.

Remember on this day before we celebrate Jesus’ birth that nothing is impossible to God. Do not give up on that situation, unsaved loved one or perhaps it is someone caught up in an addiction. God knows your heart. Cry out to Him. “God is not slow about His promise but wishes that none should perish.”  2 Peter 3:9

Father, cause our hearts to be tender and receptive to Your word. May we not give up.  May we pray continually. Cause us to seek Your will in all we do. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Debbie Rosenberger
Health Services Coordinator, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor