Waiting takes the "take charge card' out of the deck. To wait on God with a right spirit means that being in charge of whatever is now and is to come is no longer an option. Instead of forcing our way into the future with our well made plans, waiting on God means that we let God's future unfold and come to us in His time. Such an attitude goes against the grain of everything to which we have held so tightly for so long. Such an attitude takes us to a place where life is no longer determined by what others think of how well we are doing and where we are no longer caught up in cultural games of trivial pursuit.
As Advent beckons us to embrace this spirit of waiting, it is reminding us that whatever it is that God is about in our future will not come a moment sooner or later than He plans for it come. The plans He has made for the creation and those of us who walk within it are His and not ours. His invitation is to be a part of those plans, to step into the stream of what He is about in the world and in our lives, and to do so with a faith that seeks no guarantees. As the early days of Advent remind us that the One who has come is coming to restore an order fit for eternity, we know that such is exactly what He is about in our lives. He is making us fit for eternity.
We cannot manipulate the when, the what, or the where of the Heavenly Hand. To live rightly is to live knowing that He is at work in the days which are a part of the present as well as those which stretch out there in the era of the unknown and un-seeable. To trust Him with whatever is ahead is to live with the spirit of readiness. And, such is the call of the days we know as Advent. God is out there. He is on His way. He is here. Be ready. Be ready now for whatever.
As Advent beckons us to embrace this spirit of waiting, it is reminding us that whatever it is that God is about in our future will not come a moment sooner or later than He plans for it come. The plans He has made for the creation and those of us who walk within it are His and not ours. His invitation is to be a part of those plans, to step into the stream of what He is about in the world and in our lives, and to do so with a faith that seeks no guarantees. As the early days of Advent remind us that the One who has come is coming to restore an order fit for eternity, we know that such is exactly what He is about in our lives. He is making us fit for eternity.
We cannot manipulate the when, the what, or the where of the Heavenly Hand. To live rightly is to live knowing that He is at work in the days which are a part of the present as well as those which stretch out there in the era of the unknown and un-seeable. To trust Him with whatever is ahead is to live with the spirit of readiness. And, such is the call of the days we know as Advent. God is out there. He is on His way. He is here. Be ready. Be ready now for whatever.
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