Is anticipation more exciting than actually getting the thing you hoped for?
Anticipation is described as far more exciting than realization. Looking forward to something is more thrilling than when it finally arrives, and this illustrates faith and hope for what is not seen, requiring patient waiting without losing sight that it will happen.
Les explains that faith and hope are intricately intertwined. He uses the expression that anticipation is far more exciting than realization: looking forward to something is more exciting than when it finally gets there. If we hope by faith for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience. With God, time does not mean that much; He is not concerned whether fruition comes tomorrow, in 10 years, or 100 years. We cannot push God to do it faster, so we wait patiently and never lose sight that it is going to happen. Christ is going to return, and it feels sooner every day. The Holy Spirit, now indwelling us according to Paul's teaching, also helps our infirmities and weaknesses, so we let God do it.