Living In Between Now and Not Yet

What you do while you're waiting makes a difference.  As Christians, we are living in between the birth of Christ and the time when He will return. So that begs the question, what are we doing until then?  The word Advent is defined as 'Coming' and often times we use the weeks leading up to Christmas as a time to remember the birth of Jesus. At the same time, while that's good, we should also use it to look forward to when He will come again.  The already, but the not yet. A season of celebration, and a season of anticipation.

Things seem chaotic, espcially around this time, seasonally.  The stress might be high.  The question we should be asking now is, God, how do you want to change my plans?  So this season, we remember to put our hope in Jesus and know that He will not disappoint us.  For when he comes again it will not be like the first time. The first time was in weakness, He will return in strength.  The first time He was a sereant, He will return a ruler.  The first time He was a baby, He will return as a mighty King.  The first time He came was to die, when He returns the dead will rise.  The first time He came the world barely noticed, when He comes again, every knee will bow and every tongue will confess, that Jesus Christ is Lord.