God's Timing is Perfect
“… the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, which he will display at the proper time … (1 Tim 6:14b-15a).
It is a challenge for believers to wait patiently, even when we know God’s timing is perfect. A child can’t wait for Christmas. An adult has trouble waiting for news about a new position.
Speaking of waiting, the people of the Promise Era of old waited 4,000 years for the Messiah to come. Yet, the Messiah did come. He came as the baby Jesus in David’s town of Bethlehem. For many reasons, we can now see that when God sent His Son, it was the proper time.
We have the most incredible promise yet to be fulfilled — Jesus second coming. Even though we don’t know when that is, our dear Lord has sent His Spirit to create faith in us so that we can indeed wait and even wait patiently. That Coming is the one thing in all of life worth waiting for, indeed, more than anything else. For what Jesus did makes it all possible — His life, death, and resurrection — possible for us to know, without any doubting, that He is coming for the second time — coming for us! This is why we celebrate the First Coming—since we know the Second is coming. Merry Christmas!
