Working, Watching, Waiting

Every day that I wake up and find that I am still mortal and earthbound, I am surprised. Any time, any day, any moment, Jesus is sure to come for his Bride. Sometimes I find myself so weary of this cursed world that I just want to curl up and hide in a cavern until the Rapture. But that is not what the Lord has meant for us to do.

I continue on in my day, working at a secular job to pay the bills, but also busy with what I have felt the Lord calling me to do for Him. I don't trust myself not to run away and be complacent so I continue to look to the Lord for His will and His guidance as to what I should be doing with my time while I'm still planted firmly on this planet.

Meanwhile I am watching for the Lord! I am watching the world around me and the turnings and churnings of life as we know it. The whole of creation groans under the curse, as do all believers, eagerly awaiting complete and perfect restoration by God Himself. As I continue to watch things unfold it is clear that Jesus is certainly at the door, as eager to come for His Bride as we are for Him to come for us!

And so I wait. I wait on the Lord. I wait FOR the Lord. I wait with eager longing, and with an ever increasingly heavy heart and spirit. I wait, sometimes impatiently, for God's perfect timing, and for the upcoming Rapture. I don't want to wait anymore. But I also don't want to see anyone left here outside of the loving arms of Jesus when He claims His church.

I pray, Lord, that You will continue to use me to do Your work, that You will bless my eagerness and longing for Your return, and refresh my unsettled waiting spirit.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!