Waiting

There is only one word to describe what I'm doing these days - waiting.  Waiting for an event that is sure to happen, but only God knows the day and the time.  And so I wait.  I'm not twiddling my thumbs while I'm waiting, mind you.  There are still things to do and people to see : ) - but while I'm doing all that, I'm still waiting.  My bags are packed.  I'm trying to keep loose ends tied up.  I'm keeping my schedule flexible and keeping my ear tuned for that phone to ring.  I'm living my life "on the edge of my seat" - because something important is right out there on the horizon and I want to be ready for it.  So I'm waiting eagerly.

What am I waiting for?  A baby!  And not just any baby.  A sweet little baby boy who will be our fifth grandchild - born to our second daughter.  We haven't met this little one yet, but we feel like we know him already because we've been praying for him for so long.  His due date is just around the corner, but as all you moms know, due dates are just educated guesses : ).  No one really knows when God will decide to send this little one.  And so we wait.

This morning it occurred to me that all of us are waiting - not for babies, maybe - but for something way more important than that.  We're waiting for Jesus to come back!!  And I daresay, most days we're not even thinking about that.  I read today in Phil. 3:20: "But our citizenship is in heaven.  And WE EAGERLY AWAIT a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ." 

Those words convicted me.  This eager waiting that I'm doing right now - this living life on the edge of my seat - this is what I'm to be doing every day!  I'm supposed to be on the alert, watching for signs of His coming.  It's an event that's sure to happen - but only God knows exactly when - so in the meantime, we're supposed to be keeping loose ends tied up and living in such a way that we're ready to go at any moment.

Jesus told His disciples to "keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come."  Keeping watch is an active thing.  I'm not to be twiddling my spiritual thumbs, but living in a way that keeps the Kingdom central in my life and prepares the way for the King to return.  So as much as I want to be ready to go when that phone rings, it's way more important for me to be ready when the trumpet sounds : ).  Even so, come Lord Jesus!!