“The days are coming when you will
desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.”
Beware of nostalgia. Jesus warned the disciples that a day would
come when they would wish that they could still be with Him walking around
Palestine. It wouldn’t happen. Life carries on, all the way to The End. “Just as it was in the days of Noah, so will
it be in the days of the Son of Man.
They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage
until the day when Noah entered the ark ….”
It was just another day, until the flood waters swept them all
always.
Sometimes we get wrapped up in wishing
things could be the way they were. “The
world was a better place when I was a child,” people say. “Life was simpler then.” Perhaps in some ways, but, on the whole, life
is life. There is nothing new under the
sun. (Ecclesiastes
1:9) We tend to look to the past
with rose-colored glasses, however, and if we’re not careful, looking backward
can lead us to not dealing with the present.
Don’t hear what I’m not saying. We should learn from history, but we
must not get so wrapped up in it that we fail to live in the present.
The Pharisees wanted to know when the
kingdom of God would come. The disciples
wanted to know where. Jesus’ comparison
to being unworthy servants, however, teaches us to simply do our duty. Walk by faith. Live in forgiveness. Hear the Word. Pray.
Be witnesses. Give thanks. Do not get wrapped up in the way things used
to be, or in what will be.
There is a saying that goes, "Yesterday
is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today
is a gift; that is why it's called the present." We live in God’s love today. This moment is filled with His grace. We get to be witnesses of Jesus’ salvation to
this generation. This life and this
time are the only opportunity people have to hear and believe that Jesus loved them
so much that He died to pay for their sins.
His past action – His death and resurrection – are a gift for our
present reality, making us forgiven sinners.
Lord, help me live in your grace and be Your
witness day by day. Amen.
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