Waiting and Watching

Luke 17: 22-37

After the Pharisees asked Jesus how to find the Kingdom of God, He told them that the Kingdom was within us. There is no need to look around, but it is within hearts of believers.

Yet another teaching point, Jesus begins to predict his second coming. This is a great foretelling of a remarkable event that can come so suddenly, we will be caught unaware. Imagine Noah building the ark day in and day out or Lot leaving Sodom, while the populations continued with no clue what would happen. In an instant history changed as rain covered the earth in Noah’s time and fire rained on Sodom.

Just a few weeks ago a neighbor told my wife that the space station would be flying over between 7:10 and 7:30 pm. That was a huge gap in time, but we really wanted to see it. I especially wanted to give my children something new and exciting to see. Around seven my son and I began to wait and serve as an early warning to my wife and younger daughters. Now waiting is a pretty tough game, but even so for a six year old. We kept looking up through the trees waiting to see the site. Finally, closer to 7:30 the space station began streaking through the night sky. My wife had arrived a few minutes prior and we’ as a family’ stood there looking at a spectacular scene.

Our neighbors however, were nowhere in sight. They were eating, watching TV and doing the things that neighbors do and had missed out on something spectacular.

It’s hard to wait for Jesus. He’s coming back whether we are prepared or not. Those who have asked him to be their savior will be caught up to something glorious. Those who are eating and drinking and living their lives will be left behind. Are you waiting and watching?