WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?

I don’t like waiting. 

It is interesting that the Bible is filled with stories of waiting.

• Noah and his family waited for the rain to stop - "For forty days and forty nights heavy rain poured down on the earth." (Genesis 7:12, NAB)
• The Israelites took 40 years of waiting before reaching their destination - "The Israelites ate the manna for forty years, until they came to settled land" (Exodus 16:35, NAB)
• Simeon waited for Jesus because he knew that the prophecy will be fulfilled – "Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, awaiting the consolation of Israel" (Luke 2:25, NAB) 

Most of us don’t like waiting. 

Ironically, we hate waiting but we prefer to delay things. We procrastinate. We set aside our plans. We assume that we are in total control of everything. 

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Let me share with you a fact. We are not in control! We cannot assume that what we chose to delay can still be done tomorrow. We don’t even know if we will wake up tomorrow. I apologize for that horrible thought. But, that is the truth. We don’t control everything.

I had a friend back in college. He was a good person. He was very intelligent. Everyone in our batch expected him to graduate with Honors. We believed that he would end up in one of the big multinational firms. My batchmates thought he had everything. I thought otherwise. I knew that he had one thing lacking. He did not have a personal relationship with Jesus. My solution was simple, to share about Jesus to my friend.

I chose to delay that simple solution. I felt that we were young and we had a lot of time. We should prioritize our education, go for a successful career and build a family first. Then, we can talk about Jesus.

The last part never happened.

A few months after our graduation my friend was diagnosed with Cancer. I visited him at the hospital and saw how weak he was. I was told that his body was deteriorating fast. My friend died a couple of days after I visited him. I was not able to share Jesus to him. 

Friends, what are you waiting for?

Share Jesus to someone you know. Do not delay! Do it now! 
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