What a great gift we are expecting anxiously. The fulfillment of all our Scripture. The gift of God, the gift of God made man.
As in Isaiah, "The wilderness and desert will sing joyously, the badlands will celebrate and flower!" Our God is on the way to us, and will save us. Blind eyes will be opened, deaf ears unstopped, lame men and women will leap like deer.
In James we are told, "Wait patiently for the Master's arrival, stay steady and strong, our Master can arrive at any time. What a gift life is to those who stay the course."
Matthew tells us about John the baptizer who is in jail waiting patiently. John had sent his friends to ask Jesus, "Are you the One we have been expecting, or are we still waiting?"
Jesus told them to go back to John and tell him what is going on: The Blind see, the Lame walk, Lepers are cleansed, the Deaf hear, the Dead are raised to life.
We are in this wilderness like John, prophets of our own age, asking our friends to repent and hear the good news. We are the hands and feet of our God, like John, of whom the prophet Malachi announced, "I am sending a prophet ahead of you, to make the road smooth for you."
The road prepared is straight, no one can get lost on it, it is devoid of ferocious animals. It is a Holy road. It is for God's people exclusively. This is the road to our reward, full of joy and gladness, all our sorrows are taken from us here.
Our Lord is coming, swiftly; stay the course, be strong. We will be healed, we will be taken care of and our desert will be changed into an oasis.
Come Lord Jesus, come.
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