“My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth…. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: He shall preserve thy soul” (Psalm 121:2,7). “When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth” (Proverbs 11:7). “Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God... We know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is” (1 John 3:1,2).
The
outcome of our expectation
Is
resting on our Lord and Savior,
The
awesome Maker of creation
Who
will preserve us by His favor.
We
have eternal confidence
Because
He gave to us His Word.
The
Lord Himself is our Defense,
So
we may rightly rest assured.
The
soul who will not know the Lord
Has
expectations which shall perish
Since
he has wilfully ignored
The
truth of God that he should cherish.
It
is the truth that makes us free,
Which
we have found in Jesus Christ.
He
saves our souls eternally
Since
He for us was sacrificed.
The
contrast here in these extremes
Is
surely more than we can say
Between
the souls that Christ redeems
And
those who turn the Lord away.
For
Christ delivered us from wrath
With
greater love than we can tell.
He
is the Way, the single Path
That
saves eternal souls from hell!
Behold
the manner of His love
Who
sent our Savior to the earth:
The
Father sent Him from above
To
offer us a second birth!
How
great our expectation is,
For
we shall see Him face to face!
Since
He is ours and we are His,
We
shall be like Him by His grace!
O
Lord, we see the great confusion
Of
those who blindly walk along
Who
then must face the sad conclusion
With
expectations that were wrong.
Lord,
thank You for Your Gospel sent
With
expectations that are true!
We
pray for souls who will repent
And
find their hope alone in You.
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