Anticipation is an interesting state to live in. We have all experienced it in varying levels during various stages in our lives; As a child on Christmas Eve, or a young groom/bride on their wedding night, or someone just awaiting an answer on a long awaited wish. Anticipation can be a tricky path to walk.

Sometimes, I believe, anticipation can cloud our “present”. We operate in a constant state of anticipation. We can live in it, exist in it, and in a sense, today passes us by unnoticed and untouched.

Jesus talked so much about sowing and reaping, about seasons. Each season we exist in is a building block toward tomorrow. What we can gleam from today, will propel us into tomorrow.

The Israelites never should have been wondering the desert as long as they did. They failed to exist and recognize what God was providing them today. They constantly looked either to what they “anticipated” in the future, or to what they had in the past. They did not focus on the blessing of God in the present.

Did you know that today, this very day, God desires to bless you? He is not waiting for you to accomplish something unique, or get to that plateau you had in mind before He blesses you. It’s today.

Don’t get so busy focusing on what you anticipate as the future blessing that you let today’s blessing pass you by!

Question: How do you live in a state of present versus a state of anticipation?