Anticipation

Read Romans 8:19-21

Context: Paul has just finished talking about how we have an obligation to live by the Spirit. If we do, we are counted as sons of God "that we may share in his glory."

Text:
19 Everything God made is waiting with excitement for God to show his children's glory completely.20 Everything God made was changed to become useless, not by its own wish but because God wanted it and because all along there was this hope:21 that everything God made would be set free from ruin to have the freedom and glory that belong to God's children. (NCV)

taken from www.biblegateway.com

What are the things that you have waited excitedly for? Christmas morning, the first lost tooth, a driver's license, high school graduation, the birth of a child, a dream vacation, retirement? We look forward, planning our activities, saving up our money, dreaming about what it will be like.

Do you ever dream of Christ's return? How one day, without any warning, we will look up from our desks, out the window of our car, or through the kitchen window as we do the dishes to see the sky split open as Christ returns? The Bible tells us that all will see his glorious return, and that at that time every knee will bow. We'll be taken to Heaven for an eternity of praise and celebration.

It could happen today...it could happen next year. At that time all the things we think are important today will fall away and become trivial. Are you excited? Are you ready?