7 Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed.
How eager are you for eternity to invade your life? It will be very inconvenient. But if eternity is not invading, they you are not living the life of faith. The time spoken of in this verse is not simply a particular time in the future when Jesus will return and end time as we know it, establishing Eternal Time. It is that time, but it is more than that. That unveiling of Jesus, of God’s plan for eternity, has been in the process of being unveiled since the beginning of time. There have been points of greater revelation, times when knowledge of God’s plan grew exponentially. The early Church experienced the pulling back of the veil that had blinded the eyes of the Jewish nation. Some day there will be nothing blocking our ability to see Jesus. That will be the day He returns, uncovering secret thoughts and motives. The Corinthian believers were eagerly waiting, sitting on the edge of their seats, tickets in hand, ready to go. Although they had some issues in their lives, they were eager. Perhaps if persecution arose here in the United States, we would be more eager. But our comfort and ease can lull into complacency, impose stupor. Are you more eager for your vacation than God’s rule and reign in your life? Be honest with yourself, what excites you? Think about it: a new car, a baby, a clandestine conversation online, a sporting event, a paint color, a new article of clothing, a meal at a favorite restaurant, a bass boat. None of these things is evil in and of themselves. They are only evil if they distract us, if our eagerness for them is greater than our eagerness for God’s will in our lives.
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