“This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘In a little while I will once more shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land. I will shake all nations, and what is desired by all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,’ says the Lord Almighty. ‘The silver is mine and the gold is mine,’ declares the Lord Almighty. ‘The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house,’ says the Lord Almighty. ‘And in this place I will grant peace,’ declares the Lord Almighty.” Haggai 2:6-9
“In this first extended eschatological vision of the book, Haggai, in clearly apocalyptic terms, describes the tremendous upheavals that will attend the epiphany of [the Lord Almighty] in the last days. When nature and the nations suffer convulsion, the peoples of the earth will come to recognize the sovereignty of [the Lord Almighty] and render the homage due Him. That will take the form particularly of tribute brought to the new Temple of [the Lord Almighty], which, in that day of His coming, will be filled with a glory far surpassing that of the Temple of Solomon. Climaxing it all will be the peace of [the Lord Almighty] centered in that glorious place.”
Eugene H. Merrill in Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi: An Exegetical Commentary (Dallas: Biblical Studies Foundation, 2003) 40.
Our hope during Advent is rooted in the faithfulness of God who has fulfilled many promises in the Christ child. There are also numerous prophecies that we are yet awaiting fulfillment with hopeful anticipation. Among them is the day when the peoples of the world will recognize the sovereignty and render their homage to the Lord Almighty. Interestingly in that day, all will surrender everything to God and experience peace.
My advice this Advent is this. Don’t wait until that day to surrender everything to God. It’s all His already anyway. Give to God what is God’s (everything), and experience the peace of the Prince of peace today, this Advent, and the rest of your life. This is what it means to learn to actively wait. We take hold of that which is desired by all nations now by rightly placing our hope.