More To Come
But
our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the
Lord Jesus Christ. Philippians 3:20
All
around me at this time there is so much preparation for Christmas. Jesus is
having a birthday. This season reminds us that Jesus came to live and move
among us, to direct our minds and hearts toward the Father and to save us from
sin and death. Then He left. Thankfully, that is not the end of the story.
The students in my classroom read from
a book that has stories that continue for more than one lesson. At the end of
the story it says, “the end” but on the prior lessons it says, “more to come.” These
last few weeks as I’ve heard them read those words, “more to come” I have been
reminded that there is indeed more to come.
Jesus is coming back. He left us, only
for a time and He did not leave us alone. He gave us His Holy Spirit to be with
us as we journey toward home, toward the more to come. (John 14:15-18)
So many of us are busy making
preparation for December 25th, for company and parties. We are
buying wrapping, cooking, baking and cleaning. We are singing and thinking of
sweet baby Jesus but there is more to come.
For those of us who know the Lord, who
love and serve Him, we know that the best is yet to come. Are we preparing for
that? What about December 26th and on into the new year, and the one
after that? Will we prepare for Jesus return every day of our lives, waiting in
anticipation for Him to come and take us home, deliver us? Or do we prepare
simply for the secular celebration and hope that our pastors and Biblical
scholars will do the preparing for the big return?
Revelation 1:7 tells us to “Look, he’s
coming with the clouds” and Revelation 1:8 says, “I am the Alpha and the Omega,
the one who is and who was and who is to come.” (emphasis mine) In
other words, Christmas, bells, whistles, gifts, cookies and so on may be over
in a couple of weeks but there is more to come.
Enjoy the happy chaos of Christmas, of
the preparations, the celebrations, the fun and the love but never forget where
all good things originate and from whom they come. (James 1:17)
Jesus came and He promised more, so
very much more to come.
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