In his book Celebration of Discipline, Richard Foster wrote, “A striking feature of worship in the Bible is that people gathered in what we could only call a ‘holy expectancy.’ They believed they would actually hear the Kol Yahweh, the voice of God.” The worship of the people of God is rightly characterized by an expectation of encounter. Our worship will rightly cause us to look to God, to wait on God, and to truly believe that God will hear us.
Entering into worship that is characterized by “holy expectancy” does not mean that we conjure God through our worship. Instead, we know that God has promised to hear us. We know that God sees us. We know that God loves us deeply, whether in seasons of perceived closeness and in perceived distance. We know that we can enter into worship with holy expectancy, because God has promised to never leave us or forsake us, because he draws near to the brokenhearted, and because he delights in us.
Today, draw near to God with the holy expectancy that God will hear you.
Micah 7:7
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