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PARABLE OF TEN VIRGINS – VIGILANCE
MONDAY, MAY 11
Matthew 25:1-13

Memory verse: Matthew 25:13

 

“Watch therefore,
for ye know neither

the day nor the hour…”

 

PARABLE OF TEN VIRGINS – VIGILANCE
 
Vigilance is a sustained experience that must last a lifetime. One slight moment of drowsiness or lapse in vigilance may render an entire life of vigilance null and void. The enemy can destroy the holy witness tomorrow if not today, once the guard is down!
 
Every believer must see his life as a race to the finish line. Until he crosses the finish line, the race continues. The same zeal and fervency he starts with must remain constant till the race is run. To keep this zeal and fervency alive, he needs vigilance. Can you imagine a runner running a race well for 99% of the distance, but when he is ten metres from the finish line, he collapses? He has fainted because of weakness.
 
The believer who lives a holy life from the day of his salvation has become a godly witness for Christ with many looking to him as their example to follow. Can you imagine the fallout if he fails them and the Lord close to the finish line? They have witnessed his vigilant life of fervency in witnessing, the study and defence of God’s Word, the clear teaching and preaching of God’s doctrines, and his copious amount of Christian literature. These can all be thrown away because he stumbles at the end of his life. Many may throw away the baby with the dirty bath water.
 
The holy image of Christ he carries is marred so badly by his failure to be vigilant. He has not guarded himself from himself! He has failed the Lord and God’s people miserably. Even after he repents, the damage to his witness for Christ is probably irreparably marred. He has little time left to witness all over again like when he was in his thirties. Neither does he have the energy to fight the good fight of faith as a disgraced servant of Christ. He is forgiven by God and God’s people. But he has become a negative example of one whose life is a warning of what can happen to a believer if he fails to be vigilant. Vigilance is not an option. The holy image of Christ we bear is at stake. Sinners and believers need us to be vigilant, and so does Christ!
 
THOUGHT: Will you be vigilant for the rest of your life?
PRAYER: Heavenly Father, help me be vigilant all the days of my life. This is my heart’s desire, for Jesus’ sake. Amen.

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