‘All true servants of Christ must be content to wait for their wages. Their best things are yet to come.’ - J.C. Ryle
Delayed gratification is not a modern, Western value. And why would it be when we can get what we want when we want it with the click of a button? But followers of Christ are called to something entirely other.
We are called to…
‘…lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.’ (Matt 6:20).
Invest our lives in something we ‘…know in part; then [we] shall know fully, even as [we] have been fully known.’ (1 Cor 13:12).
Lose our lives for His sake to find life (Matt 16:25).
‘…looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.’ (Heb 12:2).
May we wait patiently, with endurance and expectation.
Jesus, You who were rich, for our sake became poor so that we through your poverty might become rich. May we follow You, bearing the cross to one day wear a crown. For Your greater glory, and for our greater joy, amen.
Waiting,
AB