The News Blues

And when they had bound Him, they led Him away and delivered Him to Pontius Pilate the governor. Matthew 27:2

You might well imagine the headlines of the day when Jesus our Lord was taken in restraints to stand before the Roman governor. It looked like a dark day for those who believed in Jesus as the Messiah. Surely, He would soon break out, stop taking the world's persecution, and do as many expected from their version of Messiah. It did not happen.

We too may have some expectations of our Lord's return that are just a bit off, or maybe even flat out wrong. The news each day may serve up a goodly dose of the news blues, but Jesus may not return today. Indeed the saints of the Most High God are being worn out, but the end may not be quite yet. The harvest is ripe and we have prayed for the harvesters, but that's been going on for almost 2,000 years. So, how close is He really?

We don't know the day of His return any more than they did back in the day when Jesus said that no man can know the hour and date of His return save the Father only. We know it is close; we want to be ready, but just how close we cannot know. Yet, each time the news blues gets you down, know that just as Pilate was a part of the sovereign plan of our Lord, so is this time and its circumstance all a part of God's plan for His Son's returning. Lift up your head, believer in Christ, our redemption draws near!

So soon!
Bucky