Waiting Has Never Been So Wonderful

1 Thessalonians 1;9-10

“⁹ For they themselves report concerning us the kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, ¹⁰ and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.” 

I hate waiting. It is my flesh that hates waiting for something and my pride against God which poisons me against trusting in God and His timing. Here, Paul is talking about waiting for Christ to return. The word waiting here, means to  “actively wait with rising intensity and clarity about what is hoped for” (biblos.com).  

In this case, the Holy Spirit is building a rising intensity in our waiting. It is an active hoping (desiring) of what is to come, and what is to come is the revelation of the Glory of the Son of God (1 Peter 1:3-7). We will see God because we will see Jesus Seated on His thrown where He is now and where He belongs…Forever.

Therefore we don’t wait like the world waits, in annoyance and impatience. Instead We Wait with growing hope, desire and enjoyment, having been filled with love of God in Christ

Waiting then, has never been so enjoyable and so wonderful, for we wait for our King who is the Risen Lord, in whose eyes there will never be even an ounce of shame, but rather eyes of love and shining face of glory and power forever; “And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he (Christ) is pure” (1st John 3:3). The hope which has been infused in us by the power of God’s Spirit, purifies us just as Jesus Christ is pure!

Christ is God’s Holy, Earth Shattering Love to us!

We live in a world which is offended by God’s sovereign “NO”. We are plagued by our sinful inability to wait. It is only The Holy Spirit which infuses us with a desire for the King who is coming, and our waiting will finally be over, and our souls will be filled with the deepest and more enjoyable satisfaction in Christ Himself. He is just so worthy; Oh, He is just so worthy. Waiting has never been so wonderful. 

Be encouraged, church, our God rules and reigns no matter what. God’s love for His Son, is His love to us. May He be exalted above all things.