A Prayer about Jesus’ First and Second Coming
Surely I am coming soon. Revelation 22:20
Lord Jesus,
In this season of celebrating your first arrival,
our longings are piqued for your second arrival.
You say, “Surely I am coming soon” (Revelation 22:20),
and we say, “How soon is soon?”
As we see the glory and healing and hope
you brought at your first coming,
as we see the many wonders that await us
when you return,
oh how eager we are,
far more eager than a five-year-old
on Christmas Eve.
For we know the gifts you bring on that day
will never get old or boring:
the consummate intimacy with you and others,
the complete healing from sin and sickness,
the perfect peace with all who love you,
the lovely diversity and abundant life…
All gifts whose shine will never fade away—
these are the things we most deeply long for.
You say, “Surely, I am coming soon.”
We say, “Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!”
Read Revelation 21-22.
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![Have you ever felt forsaken?
He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Deuteronomy 31:8
Faithful Father,
In times that we feel forsaken,
whether because of betrayal or abandonment or loss,
may we remember,
“It is the Lord who goes before [us],”
and you will never leave us or forsake us.
You are a God who made a covenant,
a promise of love to your people
that you alone upheld.
Even after Adam and Eve disobeyed you in the garden,
you promised to send your Son to destroy Satan (Gen. 3:15).
You promised Abraham to make him a great nation (Gen. 12:2),
and you continued to love your people, the Israelites,
even though they continued to rebel against you:
“For the mountains may depart,
and the hills may be removed,
but my steadfast love will not depart from you” (Isaiah 54:10).
In your most stunning proof of your commitment
to bring your people back to you,
you allowed your Son to be forsaken on the cross,
to die for our sins,
that we might become your children.
Because you will never leave nor forsake
your children in Christ,
when we feel lonely
or exiled
or forgotten,
we need not “fear or be dismayed” (Deuteronomy 31:8).
In Jesus’ faith-full name we pray. Amen.
Read Deuteronomy 31:8; Isaiah 54.
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