Rev 22:20: "I am coming soon"
| | Posted On Saturday, July 31, 2010 at 8:31 AM
I personally love the promise at the end of the Book. "I am coming soon".
When i read this and parsed in my mind, i realized that I don't really believe Jesus' words. I don't believe his promise. I do not trust his word as much as I thought. Because althought I know he is coming, I've do not believe he is coming SOON. And this qualifier changes everything. It ought change everything. I know whether I believe this promise by each morning, afternoon, and evening. Soon means right around the corner, and there is no time to waste. Soon means this weekend trip is no longer a vacation and a time to hang-out and play. Soon means saturday 7/31 is a time to know Jesus and make Him known. And we do this by the Gospel, knowing what it is, and believing, and owning, and then sharing out of overflow.
When i read this and parsed in my mind, i realized that I don't really believe Jesus' words. I don't believe his promise. I do not trust his word as much as I thought. Because althought I know he is coming, I've do not believe he is coming SOON. And this qualifier changes everything. It ought change everything. I know whether I believe this promise by each morning, afternoon, and evening. Soon means right around the corner, and there is no time to waste. Soon means this weekend trip is no longer a vacation and a time to hang-out and play. Soon means saturday 7/31 is a time to know Jesus and make Him known. And we do this by the Gospel, knowing what it is, and believing, and owning, and then sharing out of overflow.
Agreed. The urgency and immediacy of Jesus' promise is lost on me on an almost daily basis. When I play my day, my week, it's around the things I need to accomplish in this world. I find myself having to interject God into my schedule rather than building it around Him. I wonder what it would look like to build a schedule around the Lord? I'll try this tonight and let you know how it goes.