Nov 2009
The Waiting...
11/11/09 15:45
How good are you at waiting? Do you patiently endure, alert and watchful, or do you quickly lose interest and move on to something else? We are a nation and a people that have developed an extremely short attention span, yet our ability to watch and wait is getting more and more important and serious all the time. We are in a period of watching now...waiting and looking for the return of God's Son Jesus Christ. Yes, there are things that must yet happen and conditions will get much worse before that time, but how anxiously are we anticipating that event? Does the thought frighten you, or are you just to busy too care! We all need to examine ourselves and determine where our priorities lie.
The events over the past year in this country have shattered dreams, wrecked homes, tried families, rendered people penniless, evaporated their savings and placed people in situations that they never dreamed would come upon them. It reminds me of a warning that Christ left us with:
Luke 21:34-36
34 "But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly. 35 For it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth. 36 Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.
There were many indicators that this country was living on borrowed time financially, yet everyone turned their heads and refused to look at the reality of the situation! They were all caught up in their lives and the pursuit of pleasure and gain, never taking a moment to entertain the possibility that it could all just go away overnight.
Just as surely as those things came about and people were caught off guard, the return of Jesus Christ will also occur in a time when the people of this world least expect it!
Matthew 24:36-44
36 "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only. 37 But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 38 For as in the days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, 39 and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 40 Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. 41 Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left. 42 Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. 43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. 44 Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
There is only one way to be prepared and ready for those things that will surely come upon this world. A close, meaningful relationship with God and His Son and being watchful and alert. The things that we are beginning to see unleashed on this world, are just the beginning of what is to come. God has warned us ahead of time, instructed us in what we are to do and given us signs to watch for. If we are caught unaware then we only have ourselves to blame. Now is the time to be watching, waiting and paying attention to events that are happening on a global level. The deception will be great and many will fall under its influence and be fooled into believing lies.
Watch you therefore and pray always! There is a storm on the horizon, a dark, dreary and foreboding storm and it is drawing ever closer.
Until next time...
The events over the past year in this country have shattered dreams, wrecked homes, tried families, rendered people penniless, evaporated their savings and placed people in situations that they never dreamed would come upon them. It reminds me of a warning that Christ left us with:
Luke 21:34-36
34 "But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly. 35 For it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth. 36 Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.
There were many indicators that this country was living on borrowed time financially, yet everyone turned their heads and refused to look at the reality of the situation! They were all caught up in their lives and the pursuit of pleasure and gain, never taking a moment to entertain the possibility that it could all just go away overnight.
Just as surely as those things came about and people were caught off guard, the return of Jesus Christ will also occur in a time when the people of this world least expect it!
Matthew 24:36-44
36 "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only. 37 But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 38 For as in the days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, 39 and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 40 Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. 41 Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left. 42 Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. 43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. 44 Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
There is only one way to be prepared and ready for those things that will surely come upon this world. A close, meaningful relationship with God and His Son and being watchful and alert. The things that we are beginning to see unleashed on this world, are just the beginning of what is to come. God has warned us ahead of time, instructed us in what we are to do and given us signs to watch for. If we are caught unaware then we only have ourselves to blame. Now is the time to be watching, waiting and paying attention to events that are happening on a global level. The deception will be great and many will fall under its influence and be fooled into believing lies.
Watch you therefore and pray always! There is a storm on the horizon, a dark, dreary and foreboding storm and it is drawing ever closer.
Until next time...