My husband and daughters were ‘after me’ to decorate the house for Christmas (because the neighbors were beating us to it). I tried telling them that Advent is ‘all about waiting’, but it didn’t work. They said they have waited long enough! So up to the dusty, old attic I went!
Just think of those 400 years – from the time of the last Old Testament prophet, Malachi, to the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ in Bethlehem – when God’s people waited! They were waiting even before this, weren’t they?
And then…
The Savior of The World Arrived!
…but not in the way they expected (see Matthew 1 and Luke 1-2:20 for all of the amazing details – I just reread them myself).
God’s people are waiting today for Jesus to come again, in the Last Day. He will come at a time unexpected!
His manner of coming has been and will be a stumbling block to some people. But anyone who has read The Bible knows that God often acted in ways unexpected.
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” God says in Isaiah 55:8. His Thoughts and Ways are Higher!
Why should He come in ways we expect? Who are we to have expectations?
Why should we expect snowflakes, or stars, or the frost that covers the ground like a brilliant blanket, sparkling in the early morning sun – or any of the wondrous ways in which The Lord comes to us?
God’s people are eagerly waiting – in wonder! – trusting that He will come again.
Expect it!
As Becky said last week, let’s prepare for His coming!
