God lives and works today.
Who will be the first to experience his
reality?
He who can wait the best.
But isn't that a contradiction of terms?
Isn't the person who rushes impatiently towards his
goal the one who reaches it first?
Listen to today's meditation by Basilia Schling called
The Art of Waiting.
At the end of the book of Revelation
Jesus declares, surely I'm coming soon.
With these words all of our sadness and
despair should disappear.
Why?
All of our disappointments and needs and failures
tell us that we're waiting for something better.
And that something better is the second coming
of our Lord Jesus, when all of his
promises will be fulfilled.
We haven't seen their fulfillment yet, and that's
why we're still in poverty and need.
But we may look forward to a great
event.
Jesus is coming.
The promises will be fulfilled.
The longer Jesus delays his coming and the
gifts he has promised, the more wonderful, valuable,
and delightful they'll be.
Jesus is waiting for people who will wait
for him and who expect something from him.
To such people, Jesus does come, and he
gives his treasures, for he cannot disappoint us.
God keeps his word, just as truly as
Jesus came to earth as the fulfillment of
all promises.
Indeed, Jesus is a sign for us that
all of God's promises will be fulfilled.
So let us live in this certainty and
grow strong and joyful in the battle of
faith.
As those who wait, we can be happy
in the face of every promise that hasn't
been yet fulfilled, for we can look to
a fulfillment which will definitely come.
Therefore, let's give thanks now for everything that
we still have to wait for that hasn't
yet been fulfilled in our lives.
What God has promised in his word, that
will definitely come to pass.
God's promises come true, whatever he says he'll
do.
My heart no doubt can hold about what
he has taught.
God is waiting for us to give thanks
and to be joyful now about the coming
of our Lord Jesus and the fulfillment of
his promises.
When we thank God, we bring joy to
his heart and entice him to speed up
his coming, to fulfill his promises more quickly.
This truth is especially valid in regard to
our sins.
Jesus is coming, our help, our redemption and
victory.
God is lighting stars of promise in the
dark skies of your life.
Pay attention to them.
Begin to love the bad days, the disappointing
experiences in your life.
Value them is costly, because only out of
times like these does God promise a thousandfold
harvest, blessing, victory and glory.
Wait in the anticipation of his coming and
his victory.
You have been listening to a program written
by Basileus Schlenk of the Little Land of
Canaan.
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