Why Is It SO Hard To Wait?

Last night I talked to the teens about anticipation and waiting in this advent season. Pastor Sam (our senior pastor at Shepherd Nazarene) talked about this topic this past Sunday and used a pretty cool passage in 1 Corinthians 1:7-9. The teens talked about various things that it is hard to wait for and the list varied from drivers licenses to Christmas break to having sex when they get married! The point that hit me hard is we all tend to look forward to Christmas, but why? What is our motivation? Is it getting together with family we haven't seen for awhile...is it getting a load of presents...is it the joy of watching our kids open presents...or is it anticipating, longing for the birth of the one who would save us all, Jesus the Christ? We also talked about not only longing for the day when Christ would come as a baby but also the day He comes again with the same type of anticipation and longing. Are we prepared for that day...am I prepared for that day? By God's grace I will be.