Thoughts from my prayer time this morning.
What we see all around us is the human race desperate for our king. The human race is groaning for what was meant to be and for what will actually occur -the return of the King and the restoring of all things to wholeness as God originally intended.
Most unbelievers are unaware that this is what they are groaning for, although I imagine that some do. Even many believers are not consciously aware that this is what they are desperately seeking.
If you view the world through the lens of faith, and with a firm belief that Jesus is coming soon to reign on the earth, it is easy to see that what we see all around us are people unhappy and dissatisfied and discontented with all that the world offers them.
Everything is letting us down. Governments and politicians and their solutions are letting us down. Business is letting us down. Relationships are letting us down. Technology is letting us down. Religion is letting us down. We are all looking, even groaning, for better leaders, more humanizing work, greater economic security, real lasting loving relationships, technology that really makes a profound difference for good, and something to believe in that actually changes who we are – or who we have become. And everything is falling short.
The Brexit is the most recent and substantial example of this groaning. Now let’s see what comes next. God, in the Bible, has kindly told us where this is headed until King Jesus returns and leads perfectly and satisfies all our groaning.