Waiting for a special events of our lives is very natural to us. We waited a year to celebrate our birthdays, anniversary or others events. If in case that people forget about it on the exact date , they still greeted you with a word belated, like belated happy birthday or belated happy anniversary. For few people it is sweet but sometimes it is also embarrassing. Why I said it so? Because you have forgotten the special days of your love ones and didn't remember it where infact you are the one who should remember it.
Advent journey has began and the Lord remind us to be advanced not belated approach in life. You read it right, an advance remembrance so we can't forget it. It is also showing that we are excited for the upcoming event like we did when we prepared our birthday in early time.
Jesus called this advents for us to be advanced of the preparation of his coming and this is not the coming happened 2,000 years ago. I will remind you with this gospel, they didn't referred on the birth of Jesus but the second coming of Jesus in the end of time. Yes! Jesus will come again. He will come with glory and in great power.
This is an important part of our faith. He will come to judge the living and the dead. No exceptions. All of us will be judged.
Maybe you will asked , when is the second coming? How it will happen? To be honest , there's no answer for those question. We have no knowledge in regards with the will of the Lord. Despite of that , Lord still encouraged us to be good and have faith to him. We are waiting for his second coming , all those who believed in him.
Many of us experiencing problems with it comes on waiting because it is not easy and we have that mindset that waiting has no assurance bit if you have faith , you will . How can we make our wait more meaningful? Jesus call us not to wait but also to watch. Yes! To watch for the coming of the Lord. Waiting and watching is being joyful in the process of waiting that we prepared so much for the ones we have waited.
