\u201cHow long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?\u201d
\n \u2014 Revelation 6:10<\/p>\n
Are you waiting for anything these days? Maybe a longplanned vacation or an important birthday? Or maybe you\u2019re waiting for healing after a surgery, or for a relationship to be restored.In our text for today we see a gathering of waiting saints. This is part of the amazing sequence of visions God gave to the apostle John to write down as the book of Revelation. The saints in this passage have been killed for their faith in Jesus, and they want to know how long they will have to wait for justice, for the Lord\u2019s vengeance, and for the completion of God\u2019s kingdom to come.It\u2019s a question that all of us who are \u201cin Christ\u201d ask in one form or another. When will our faith be made sight? When will God\u2019s remaking of creation, which began at Christ\u2019s resurrection, be complete? When will suffering on this earth be over? When will joy become truly everlasting?\u201cWait just a little longer\u201d is the answer. No calendar date is provided, but the Lord promises that it will happen. All of us who are \u201cin Christ\u201d will be able to enjoy full life in God\u2019s new creation someday. In the meantime, we new creations, all of us who are \u201cin Christ,\u201d are held, loved, and kept for the arrival of that big new creation the Lord is working on.<\/p>\n
Lord, we are eager for your kingdom to come in its fullness. But we will wait, and as we try to do that in faith, with trust in you and love for one another, help us to serve you faithfully. In Jesus\u2019 name, Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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