“Mashiach is waiting on a tower”
Not necessarily is he waiting so far away.
The possuk says: “הנה זה עומד אחר כתלנו, משגיח מן החלונות מציץ מן החרכים”
The Frierdiker Lubavitcher Rebbe (the Rayatz) explains this regarding Moshiach: He is already here with us, just on the other side of the wall. The wall already has cracks, and he watches us, waiting, “When will they finish their last avodah so I can come?”
Hopefully, the holy gaze of Moshiach should be enough to affect us and propel us forward into the last preparations for his arrival.