Waiting

I hate waiting. Standing in line. Stuck in traffic. Slow internet. Put on hold. Wasted time.

I want things instanteously. The microwave can even be too long for me.

This craving for quick delivery…for two-day Prime…is rooted in the belief that the universe should revolve around me.

I would never admit as much. But it is a thought buried deep in my mind.

I want things to respond to me, listen to me, cater to me, serve me.

The remote control life.

Alexa. Seri. Hey Google.

It is a tempting belief in our technological world. We have almost succeeded in making it a bubble of reality.

But it is an illusion.

The universe doesn't revolve around me. Not even cosmologically.

I am a creature. Time-bound. Mortal. Limited. Weak.

Not the center of the universe.

And God wants me to learn to wait.

Waiting reminds me that there are things bigger than myself…that time moves independently of me…that God doesn't operate on my time table.

It forces me to stop.

To take notice of things that I might miss.

To reflect on who I am.

To learn to long for the future.

Advent is a season of waiting.

But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons (Galatians 4:4-5).

The fullness of time.

God's time table.

Israel waited….and waited…and waited…

But Messiah came on God's schedule not theirs.

Not to rule on earth but to redeem humanity.

Not to establish His righteous kingdom but to populate it.

With those who would hear Him, believe Him, receive Him, submit to Him.

Now we wait again…

Longing.

Anticipating.

Desiring the day when Messiah returns to rule.

To reign.

To reverse the curse on this decaying world.

To destroy death.

To bring in everlasting peace.

So Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for Him (Hebrews 9:28). 

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!

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