Over the years my boys have perfected the art of procrastination at bedtime.
They know, without any shadow of doubt, that a carefully crafted question about God will guarantee extra time chatting with their dad, long after ‘lights out’. Last night’s attempt to derail bedtime was the question: ‘What is Jesus doing now?’ Chewing over the answer kept me awake long after my son had fallen asleep.
By default, I think, I imagine Jesus in a holding pattern, like the planes circling the airport waiting to land. His earthly ministry is finished and He is now in heaven waiting to return in glory. Yes, He is sitting at His Father’s right hand – sitting because His work of redemption is done – and waiting until His ‘enemies are made his footstool’ (Heb. 10:13). But this is no passive waiting. He is not whiling away the days until He ushers in the new heaven and the new earth.
