Soon And Very Soon

When I was a youth at church I used to love singing this song, ‘Soon and Very Soon’:

Soon and very soon, we are going to see the king.
No more dying there, we are going to see the king.
No more crying there, we are going to see the king.
Hallelujah, hallelujah, we’re going to see the king.

It was such a simple, positive, uplifting ‘chorus’ that helped us set our focus on what mattered most in life, and what we all look forward to.

There’s a lot of talk right now about the difficulties our church and community faces in the coming weeks and months, especially in terms of what things will be like as doors start to open in different ways.

Yet, what must unite us above all is a focus on the return of the king, when Jesus comes to bring us safely home, where we will experience, together, the new creation.

And not only should we focus our own gaze on the return of Christ, we should keep this in mind as we continue to pray for and engage with the people in our society.

In these last days, we are closer and closer to the time when Jesus will return to judge the living and the dead… and the groaning of creation reminds us that it’s soon and very soon.

There’s no better time to turn our conversation and prayers to proclaiming Christ faithfully to our village, valley and beyond.

We’re still locked into our homes for a bit longer, but since so many people can now use web browsers, it’s possible for our little church in Jamberoo to be broadcast into homes across our region and even our planet.

Soon and very soon we are going to see the king… so who are you going to ‘share’ our livestream with, so that they can become friends with Jesus before they meet him as their judge?

JODIE McNEILL 

(CREDIT: Dennis Yang via Flickr)