Late yesterday afternoon we took our California family to Logan airport for their trip home. At ten, four hours after they had been scheduled to takeoff, they called. Their flight was not just delayed, it was cancelled! So back to Logan we went to bring them home because JetBlue did not and was not going to reschedule them. Basically the message was “Tough.” Some young girls traveling by themselves stood and cried not knowing what to do.
All of my life I have been told that Jesus is coming again and soon. His return and our trip to be with Him seems to be delayed. However, one thing we can be sure of is the trip will never be cancelled. We will not be left holding a useless ticket. In John 14 Jesus promised to come again and take us to His Father’s house. That promise is still good. And while we might think He has delayed, His disciple Peter addressed the issue for us in his second letter. “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” Unlike JetBlue which didn’t fly last night because it couldn’t put together a crew, Jesus has His crew. He longs to come. But He continues to wait because of His longsuffering. It is just that He doesn’t want to leave someone on the outside.
Frankly, I don’t know how He will ever resolve the problem of His love. But He will. Peter goes on to say, “The day of the Lord will come.” Of this we can be sure because He never ever breaks a promise.
Written by Roger Bothwell on December 30, 2010
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