Good Morning Friends,
“Be dressed ready for service and keep your
lamps burning, like men waiting for their master to return from a wedding
banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door
for him. It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching
when he comes. ... You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at
an hour when you do not expect him.” (Luke 12:35-40)
I heard that something big would happen in the
midst of the four blood moons – maybe even Jesus would come – O wait, the blood
moons have all already passed and nothing significant happened and Jesus didn’t
come. I heard the same kind of prophecies in 2011 and in 2012. Someone set the
date in the early 20th century and someone else said 1994 and others have been
sure of other dates. So far no one has correctly predicted when Jesus will come
again. Here’s what Jesus says – no one ever will correctly predict the date of
His coming. Jesus said, “The Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not
expect him.”
The exact date of His coming is not the
critical issue. If it was the critical issue then I’m confident that God would
let us in on the secret. God always gives us what we need to please Him. If we
needed the date of Jesus’ coming, we’d have it from Him.
The critical issue is to be ready on any day.
Jesus challenges us to be dressed ready for service and with our lamps burning.
We should live our lives – every moment of every day – in at attitude of
surrender to Jesus and a willingness to respond immediately to whatever He
asks.
If Jesus whispers in my ear tonight while I
sleep, “Come with Me to heaven” – I need to be ready. If angel shouts and the
trumpet blasts to bring this age to its end, I need to be ready.
Are you ready? Do you live in an attitude of
surrender to Jesus? Are you ready to listen to whatever He asks and respond in
obedience? Are your eyes open to see Him and your ears open to hear Him?
His, by Grace, Steve
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