I remember it like it was yesterday! For months my parents had been talking about a vacation. They’d heard about Destin, FL and were making plans for our family to go. We'd looked over the brochures, picked the best place to go, and booked the trip. My dad came home the evening before our 7½-hour drive with a rented minivan. I thought we were living in style! We crammed it full of our stuff and tried to get some sleep. The night flew by, and waking up at 3 AM felt like being in a whirlwind as we climbed into the van. The soundtrack for the entire drive to Florida was Brooks & Dunn’s album Hard Workin’ Man, and as much as I love me some Boot Scootin’ Boogie, it didn’t take young Matthew very long to start asking the question, “Are we there yet?” “How much longer?” “What is taking so long?”
Many of us ask this same question of the Lord and His return. How much longer is this experience of a broken world going to take? How much longer is God going to keep us waiting? Didn’t He say He’d return soon!
This weekend we wrap up our series in Revelation by looking at the final chapters and God’s words through John, who says that soon He will arrive! I can’t wait for that day, but until then we will join together in saying, Come, Lord Jesus!
Pastor Matt McCarter
