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Matthew 24:36, "However, no one knows the day or hour when these things will happen, not even the angels in heaven or the Son himself. Only the Father knows."
At the end of Matthew 24, we read about when the Son of man will return. We know He is coming back, but we also know that we don't know when. We are supposed to live ready for when He does come back.
Tonight God gave me an interesting thing to think about in my own life based off of this simple verse.
Verse 36 says that not even the Son himself knows when He is going to return. Only the Father knows that. Regardless of that, though, He knows He is coming back. It's not a matter of "if"... it's a matter of "when".
I've found in my life that I always want to know when things are going to happen. "When" am I going to meet my husband? "When" will I get to start my own family? "When" will the things I'm believing God for come to pass?
There is a major problem with wondering "when" all the time. Instead of me resting in the fact that the Father knows, I keep asking "when".
As I think about the promise God made to me about my future, I realize that it's not a question of "if
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