Faith and Simeon

[EphelDuath]

I was meditating upon the joyous mystery of the presentation of the Lord yesterday. I don’t know why – but Simeon struck a chord with me. The Lord promised to appear to him, and it is likely he expected a fiery chariot and a kingdom of glory as the Messiah would rule the world.

But the Lord appeared to him as a child. The king of kings, the greatest man to ever live, but nonetheless, an infant but 40 days old. And I feel the same way at times: I doubt anything I am told unless it is sealed with a lightning bolt from the heavens, when in reality, I should know God is wherever righteousness goes.

Faith is a funny thing sometimes, glory to God.

 

[Eileen_T]

Because of what he said, “Now thou dost dismiss thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word in peace” we assume that Simeon was an old man when He saw Jesus and recognised Him as the long-awaited Messiah.

What we are not told is when God made the promise to him. Imagine waiting, and waiting, getting older and wearier of life each day and still trusting God to keep His word.

That is what I get from meditating on that mystery, faithful obedience, serving God and trusting in Him implicitly.

We need to remember that God’s time is not our time and sometimes when we pray and do not receive, maybe God is just waiting for a better moment.