Eager

The word Eager has stuck out loudly today. As I sit here reading, the word EAGER has popped off the pages. Eager. What is Eager?

Eager: E.A.G.E.R. to be hopeful, excited, expectant, anticipating. Eager.  It’s an active word… an active word, an active waiting. To be expectant without expectation. To have assurance of the unknown without knowing the details.  Eager.  I clicked on synonyms on my computer: enthusiastic, keen, excited, willing, ready, zealous, fervent.

As I read in Romans 8 how the “sufferings of this present age” pales in comparison with the “glory that will be revealed”; for creation waits with “eager longings”; as we “wait eagerly”;  wait for it with patience, for we know that all things work together for good for those who are called according to his purposes.

WAIT EAGERLY

EAGER LONGINS

This describes where I am. I have NO idea what my future holds, but I know God’s got a plan. I have NO idea what God has made and designed me for, but I know he has a job waiting for me…somewhere. I LONG for a home, a place to call my own with a bed, a dresser, a closet and some hangers, a place to host and entertain friends and strangers…and I am EAGER for that day to come (and hopefully soon!). I have an EAGER LONGING for a home church, a community where I can serve, invest, and be a part of a family. I’ve learned what eager inner longings and groaning’s feels like. I don’t even know exactly how to pray for what I want, because I’m not exactly sure what I want, but I am EAGER to find out what it is. I LONG for God’s purposes in my life.

Jesus, give me strength as I EAGERLY WAIT. You have given me EAGER LONGINGS, may I continue to follow you expectantly. Assured of the unknown. And Jesus, can you fulfill these EAGER LONGINGS as I WAIT EAGERLY.