The word for today is - Longing !!

Good morning,
The word for today is - Longing !!

There have been almost two thousand years of people waiting for Jesus to come back or to return. Now that’s a lot of time, but the question is this do you have a desire or longing for Jesus Christ to return today?  You see our heart desire should be to seek the kingdom of God first! Read Matthew 6:25-34,Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. It is not for you the believers to worry about the return, but for the believers, to be doing the will of God intil He returns. So, the word says, keep your mind on the kingdom of God, and his righteousness first, you have to understand that everyone is not a believer of Jesus Christ and everyone have not heard about the kingdom of God. Lets read about Peter, he wrote the letter we call II Peter, he talked about scoffers who did not believe Jesus would return. Read II Peter chapter 3:1-10,This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour: Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.  Wow! You see generation after generation, about 67 generations in all, have expected that Jesus would come and then they have been disappointed.  Some leaders who were disappointed that Jesus did not come back in 1000 AD added the 33 years of Jesus’ life to make the prediction that Jesus would return in 1033. Wrong! Get understanding first, the word of God says, in the book of Luke chapter 12, Jesus taught his disciples, The last days began with the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, so Peter was talking about those in his time who mocked the Christians who believed Jesus would return. Thirty some years had passed since Jesus had ascended and promised to return and in those years, many who had been with Jesus had died. Most of these had believed Jesus would return before they died, but that did not happen. Scoffers mocked the church that continued to believe Jesus would return. It is going on still today, and that is sad. Some people may ask, what about all the signs Jesus said would warn us his coming was approaching? Read Matthew 24:4-14, And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. Do you understand that we have a command, given to us by God to preach the gospel of the kingdom of God. Jesus went on in his teaching to talk about persecution and the preaching of the gospel to all nations as preludes to his return. The church has been persecuted from the beginning of time. We need to be ready when he returns. Are you longing for Jesus? Read Philippians 3:13-14,Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Jesus said in Matthew 24:35-36, Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. Thank you Lord for your word. Amen !