The Christian Journey

In understanding God, who he is and what his role is in relationship to humanity, it offers an opportunity to increase our knowledge of God’s character, draw deeper into his presences and understand how our relationship with him is reciprocal and helps is developing a theology of waiting. Along with understanding God, it is important for humanity to understand itself in the development of a perspective of waiting that is applicable. In identifying inner movements during times of waiting, it may offer insight into aspects of self that may impede or encourage spiritual growth and maturity. Learning to wait well is one of those areas of the human experience that would aid in believers living transformed lives that are examples to the Christian …show more content…
This waiting experience should shape how we relate to God, ourselves and each other. It should also shape how we wait in every aspect of life. Especially for the Christian, the way in which we wait for the impending eschaton, should be formational and support how we view and engage every other waiting experience in life. Also, in recognizing that the act of waiting is not isolated to an individual human life experience, modern Christians, like the desert fathers and mothers, should look to what the Divine reveals about how he waits and should incorporate that into the spiritual formation process to look more like him. Finally, all of Christianity is bound by the anticipated elation that his return will bring about particularly the ability to enter the presence of God without the interference of the influences of sin. We are also bound in the present age with those who have chosen to resist God’s invitation for redemption and the hope of eternal salvation, we all will be affected by the long-awaited return of Christ but for the unbeliever it will bring pain, judgment and eternal separation from God with no prospect of changing the outcome (I.S.). Since, Christians and non-Christians have the shared experience of waiting, whether for the return of Christ or as an aspect of everyday life, learning to wait well should be a desire of all of humanity. The impact of learning to waiting well, may offer an opportunity for the development of compassionate communities that are bound together by the shared struggles and victories over the difficulties that often accompany the waiting process. However, for Christians, learning to wait well should: cause the development of Christ-like characteristics, involve internal transformation, and foster greater communal connections through the shared experiences of