Are you ready? Do you believe in being prepared? Do you train yourself to be prepared for whatever life throws your way? Do you think about the many possibilities for any given situation? Or do you just take life as it comes? Do you live life willy nilly?
Being ready for any given situation is near impossible. Accidents that happen out of the blue can completely derail us. Yet, there is much we can be prepared for. We can prepare for that big speech. We can prepare for the next day. We can prepare for a coming storm.
Being prepared is good. It can keep us from being surprised. It can prevent us from being turned topsy turvy when something goes wrong. It is often by being prepared that we withstand a coming storm, whether a weather storm or an emotional storm. So, yes, being prepared is good.
Yet, how many of us are prepared for the return of Jesus Christ? To be ready, we must live our life for Him. We need to choose to obey God’s commands. We need to be willing to give up our favorite sin. After all, how many of us want to be caught in our sin when Jesus returns? I dare say none of us.
Jesus tells us that no one knows when He will return, not even Himself. He tells us that it is the Father’s decision regarding when He will return. He even gives the example of Noah, when the people were eating and drinking when the flood came. The people thought Noah was crazy until the flood hit. Then they were desperate. Just as they had no time nor option to repent and be saved, we won’t have that option either. Our only option is to be ready when He returns.
I pray we all choose to obey God’s commands. I pray we choose to give up our sins. I pray each one of us will choose to be ready when Jesus returns, knowing there will be no time when he does. Obey God’s commands. Give up your sins. Be ready when Jesus returns.
Matthew 24:36-37 “But about that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. For as the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.”
Marty Pressey 