Welcome back to my current blog subject of what the Lord has taught me through the lives of 2 precious dogs. Today I want to talk about "Anxiously awaiting the return of my Master".
My dogs are so funny and bring me such joy. One way that they have brought me joy is through their watchful eye just waiting for me to walk through the door each day.
Through the years my dogs have spent some long hours without me home (12 hours is the longest). I never like to leave them that long but sometimes my job left me no choice. They got used to my schedule and so as they saw my routine and my final move of putting on my shoes and grabbing my bags, they would (and still do) let out this sigh and lay down with the saddest looks on their faces. I walk over and give each one a hug and a kiss and a bone that will keep them busy for a while and go on my way. After a long day at work, I have to say I have always had an anticipation on the drive home of opening the door to find them waiting for me right there. It's as if they can smell me! As I near my door, I hear their little noses sniffing and I hear their little cries of excitement. I open the door and feel like a movie star getting mobbed by her fans! The excitement goes on for several minutes.
Well, at first I can remember thinking "all this is going on because I was gone for the entire day" But, it this is their behavior when I am gone for 12 hours or gone for 12 minutes! They sit at the door, just waiting for me to enter. My husband tells me when I am gone and he is at home with them, they still sit by the door waiting for me. It's not that they don't love my husband, but I became their master when they were six weeks old. While they do obey my husband, they understand me to be their master.
I believe the Lord showed me a lesson here. He spoke to my heart one day, reminding me that He is returning one day, (sooner than we probably realize). Will He find me watching, anxiously awaiting the rapture of the church. That once in a lifetime moment (for real) when we who are in Christ will actually meet Him in the air and be taken up to our new home and far from the wrath that will soon come upon the ones who rejected His offer of salvation! Will He find us watching?
Unlike my dogs, this anticipation of the return of my Master, my Heavenly Father, does not mean that I can sit on my duff and just do nothing. My dogs can do that and get by with it because....well, because they are dogs!! However, the Lord has told us to "Occupy till I come" (Luke 19:13 KJV) Or, as we read in the New Living Translation, "Invest this for me while Iam gone". God has given each one of His children a job to do and we are to invest it, planting, watering, or being a witness to the harvest, we are to do His work as we anxiously await His glorious appearance.
May the Lord find me watching and working while I watch and may He find this true of you also! Thank you Father for what you have taught and continue to teach me through 2 precious pups!
To God be the glory!
