If you have children, no matter their age now, you probably remember a time when you were bombarded with the question, “Are we there yet?” It may have been on a family vacation, a trip that would require several hours of driving, or it may have been a short drive across town. The distance really didn’t seem to matter to that child sitting impatiently in the back seat, with no concept of the relation between time and distance. To them, it seemed as if you had begun a journey that had no end. This resulted in the infamous question, “Are we there yet?” over, and over, and over, ad nauseam.

However, it is not just children who become impatient when they are expecting the reaching of their destination. As adults, we, too, can become very impatient when we are looking forward to something that seems to be coming so very slowly. This could be an event we have been looking forward to, a vacation we have long anticipated, a new move to a new location, the beginning of a new job, or a multitude of other things. We know it is coming – we even know when it is coming – and yet we grow very impatient in the interim period.

“Is He here yet?”

For believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, we stand the danger of falling prey to the possibility of growing very impatient when we think about His coming for His bride, the church. Instead of asking, “Are we there yet?” we might begin asking, “Is He here yet?” He has promised that He is coming and has told us to always be on the lookout for that momentous event. Then, to underscore the importance of this coming event He told stories to warn us of growing impatient to the point that we let our guard down and become lax in our looking for His arrival.

“Where is the promise of His coming?”

The apostle Peter had something of vital importance to say concerning this matter. He said, “Scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to 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 creation.” Jesus warned that there would be those who would grow weary in awaiting the Master’s return and would become extremely negligent in their commitments to Him. They would not be prepared for His coming.

“The Lord is not slack concerning His promise.”

For anyone who takes Biblical prophecy seriously, it seems obvious beyond any doubt that the time of His coming is drawing close at hand. Peter went on to remind us of an essential truth for believers to remember. He said, “But beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord on day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.”

The fact of the matter is that the Lord could come at any moment. There is no Biblical prophecy that must be fulfilled before He comes. The next prophecy that will be fulfilled is His coming for His bride. This is the next big event on God’s Biblical timetable.

So, the question is: Are you ready?” It is a Biblical fact that He is coming. So it is vitally, even eternally, important that we ask ourselves this question: “Am I ready for His coming?” Are you prepared to meet Him? Have you been born again? Do you know that you have a home awaiting you in heaven because you have trusted Him as your personal Lord and Savior?

And then, if you can answer “Yes” to that question, then can you honestly say that you are ready for His coming? Are you serving Him, living for Him, walking in fellowship with Him? If not, why not today prepare yourself for His arrival by committing to live for Him and for His glory. Then, you can rest assured that He will not catch you off guard when He arrives.

Blessings!