Watching

 Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to perform it."

Jeremiah 1:12

The Lord describes himself to the young Jeremiah as the master playwright. The play is history, and God is watching as it unfolds. He's not just a passive observer though, he's also the narrator who spoke it all into being.

At Jeremiah's stage in the play of history, God is promising his people that he will enter into the story and deliver them from their sins. And oh how they need it. For their sins they are about to be carted off into exile from the promised land to Babylon. Only when they are brought back will the stage be set for his entry into the scene.

When Jesus finally stepped onto the stage about 600 years later, his people were under the yoke of the Roman Empire. He didn't come as a political Messiah however, but as a spiritual Saviour. God's people have more eternal concerns than who is going to rule over them for the next few years.

And so we come to our stage in human history. Christ has returned to heaven, where he prays to God the Father for his own, who await his return. In the meantime, we tell others of his salvation and offer of eternal life.

"Lord God, thank you that you are the great divine orchestrator who has everything in hand. Help us to trust you to fulfil your word, and to play our parts in your purposes. In Jesus' name, amen"