PREOCCUPIED
Planned a party.
Now I’m waiting
for you to arrive.
Others present;
talking, laughing.
But you
I have not yet seen.
Though I’m with them,
my mind keeps drifting
to thoughts of you.
I hear your voice,
I see your face,
as I imagine
your arrival.
They keep begging me
to join in
with abandonment.
I cannot.
You are all
I really think of.
Please come.
Please come very soon.
This is no real party
until
I am right beside you.
This poem is weighty. It can help our hearts discern their true status. God’s Word says, “So Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for Him.” (Hebrews 9:28, NIV, emphasis mine)
Many people ask sincerely, “Just what does it mean to be saved?” Stunningly, it means much more than most imagine. Notice Hebrews 9:28 tells us that while Jesus died for many people (in fact, for the entire world), He is only returning for those who are waiting for Him! Just as Matthew 7:13 whittles down the road to life to only a few travelers, while the road to destruction remains wide; so Hebrews 9:28 confirms and delineates the criteria.
What does it mean to be saved? Deny it however much we want in order to try in vain to produce a sense of security, the answer is clear . . . it means we are absolutely preoccupied with Jesus!
As the host of the party in the poem cannot put first in his heart or mind other people or activities, so the truly saved person cannot put first in her heart or mind other people or activities. Expectant waiting for the One we love the most packs full every moment!
Are we “looking out the window” for Jesus to come?
Are we paying more attention to our television, our cell phone, our ipod, our social time, our facebook account, our children’s activities, our hobbies, or any combination of various distractions “at the party”? Or are we so in love with Jesus that His Word and precious time in prayer with Him are nearest and dearest for us?
He died for the sins of the world, but He is only coming back for those who are waiting for Him.
Are you waiting . . . ?