Hope for the Best, Expect…
From Ara Guekguezian
First Congregational Church
Psalm 95
This Psalm captures the truth in the familiar phrase: Hope for the best, Expect the worst.
The Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer of all is to be praised with joy and humility.
The Holy One is to be heard and followed. The goodness of Lord is not to be tested.
Bad things happens to those who do not do the above.
Hope in the Lord! Place your trust elsewhere? Woe to you!
A new song was sung in sky above the field where the shepherds tended their flock:
Do not be afraid…
and the response is Glory to God in the highest heaven.
Hope for the best and Expect the best. The new catch phrase of the shepherds and all who witness God in flesh appearing.
Prayer: Thank you for coming and allowing us to see you with us. That our hope and expectation is one in Jesus. Amen.