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READY FOR CHRIST’S RETURN? – EVIDENCE #3
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10
Luke 12:31-48
Memory verse: Luke 12:45
“Blessed are those servants,
whom the lord when he cometh
shall find watching…”
READY FOR CHRIST’S RETURN? – EVIDENCE #3
The desire for readiness to meet the Lord is the third evidence. Believers know the Lord is God, who is omniscient, omnipresent and omnipotent. When they meet Him, they know every thought and motive behind every word and action will be judged without error. The only way for them to be righteous at the end of that fearful judgment is to be cleansed by the blood of Christ with a heart of sincere repentance. All believers who live in this manner daily and every moment of their lives will have no fear of meeting the Lord. The Lord will see Christ in them for they are in Christ.
However, who are the ones who are fearful of meeting the Lord? They are the ones who have something to hide. They do not repent when their sins are brought to their attention. They behave as hypocrites. In the presence of others, they talk and behave like Christians. They pray biblically correct prayers. They pass themselves off as believers marvellously and will dupe many in the church. They do not have the fear of God in their heart because their hearts are dead in sin. They cannot see their folly because their spiritual eyes are blind. Their hearts are like those that Christ described in Luke 12:45. Thinking that the LORD is delaying His coming, they fool around all the time. They think that the moment right before Christ comes, they can repent, and all will be well! A born-again believer will not think so foolishly, as this tests God and God knows it well.
Living a life pleasing to God is the life that is ever ready to meet the Lord, which is why God revealed Christ’s inevitable return to His children. Our preparation, or lack of it, reveals the reality of our salvation, or lack of it. Remember to ensure that this desire to meet the Lord remains regardless of how our circumstances might change. This preparedness must remain constant.
He who is always prepared will rule with Christ one day. This is Christ’s assurance in this parable. The motive is to be prepared because we love Him and not because of the reward of ruling with Christ.
THOUGHT: Am I ever prepared to meet Christ, day or night?
PRAYER: Heavenly Father, let my heart, mind and eyes remain fixed on Jesus as I wait for His soon return, in Christ’s Name. Amen.