Stay Ready

Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect. Matthew 24:42-44

When you are expecting company you make sure your home or apartment is picked up and things are put away. You want to be ready for your guests when they arrive. Each and every day as a follower of Christ is a day in waiting. You never know when today is the day. 

Many people probably scoff at the notion of Jesus’ return and go on living and doing just what their flesh wants them to do. Thinking wrong thoughts, saying bad things,  hanging out in not so stellar places, looking at inappropriate material in either magazines and books or on the screen. But there will be an end to the frivolity of this present world and if it happened right now would you be ready and do you know beyond a shadow of a doubt that you would enter Heaven? 

Being ready doesn’t mean you are a member of a church or have been baptized although those are things you should want to do. It is not how many good deeds you have done although once again your heart should want to help others. First and foremost you need to find a dynamic body of believers where the truth is being preached and where worship is vibrant and alive. The Holy Spirit draws people to the cross. Get plugged in and get excited about being a believer and then a follower. Just ask Jesus to come into your heart and change you, He will. 

PRAYER: Lord God I thank you so very much for loving me even when I act ugly. I thank you for your patience with me when I don’t reach out to help others. Forgive me for being in my own self centered world. I look forward to the day you come again. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Click on link for a song of worship to help you draw closer to the Lord:https://youtu.be/d_24IdbJ0Tw