Oct 4, 2026 - What Are You Waiting For - Week 3 - When the King Returns

So there's a prayer that Christians have been praying for thousands of years, and it's three simple words.

Come, Lord Jesus.

And I don't know if you have ever joined all the other believers that have prayed this prayer, but maybe you have.

Maybe you're afraid to pray it.

Maybe you're nervous to pray it.

Maybe you're like, nope, never prayed it because I'm not 100% sure how things are gonna go down.

If you were like me, when I was in middle school and high school, kind of beginning to get familiar with the scripture and I was like, whoa, whoa, whoa, Jesus is returning.

I hope he doesn't return before I get to do the thing, you know, that married couples do, right? Like if you're a kid, you've had that thought, unfortunately, right? You're like, if you come back too soon, I won't get to experience X, Y, and Z, Lord.

Like that is what we say.

We think about it that way.

But that kind of got me thinking a little bit more in that vein of like, well, is that me going, God, are you really gonna bring something better? than what is offered when life is really good.

God, are you actually that good? God, can you bring something into this world that's better than when the world is at its best? So at the end of the day, the question ends up becoming, God, are you good? We wrestle with it.

So we may not join with the thousands of years of believers who have begged the Lord to come Return, king, Jesus, come and rule and reign over your people.

Like do this thing.

We may be people who are like, well, God, you know, I could use a little more time hanging out here.

I could do a little more stuff here.

So if you're getting around to it, but there's not really like a desperation in us for the king to come.

Maybe one of the reasons we don't anticipate Christ's return is is that we're not completely convinced his return will be good news for us.

Maybe you've been someone who says, when Jesus comes back and I stand before him, am I going to be okay? And maybe at the end of the day, that's what we're mulling over.

Do we actually want Christ's return? And if I'm not certain about that thought, then of course I'm not praying come Lord Jesus.

But if I can do anything before we talk about this topic, I just wanna say the Jesus who is going to return is the same Jesus who's already shown up.

Think about what he's done in his showing up.

He's come for sinners.

He's laid his life down for us.

He's carried our sins to the cross.