I was visiting my grandsons the other day and having a wonderful time with them, but they were very distracted. They would run to the back door every now and again to look out to see if their father's truck was in the driveway yet. Their father is a long haul truck driver and was due to come in that day. He is generally gone a few weeks at a time and they were looking forward to his return. They must have run to the back door twenty times in the space of an hour. It made me smile to think of how lucky their father was to have two boys as devoted to him as they were. I could only imagine how happy they would be when he finally arrived home and they were reunited.
It reminded me of how we should feel about Jesus returning as it tells us in Luke 12:35-40 ~ Be ready for service and have your lamps lit. You must be like people waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once. Those slaves the master will find alert when he comes will be blessed. I assure you: He will get ready, have them recline at the table, then come and serve them. If he comes in the middle of the night or even near dawn and finds them alert, those slaves are blessed. But know this: if the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming he would not have let his house be broken into. You also be ready because the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not expect.
Perhaps that is what Jesus meant when he said that we must be like children in our belief, because they believe without question. Children, when they know of a coming event act like my grandsons, they greatly anticipate the event. Have you ever driven your children anywhere and had them ask continually are we there yet? I think everyone who has ever taken a child anywhere has experienced that at one time or another. The eyes of children are open wide, they see so much more than adults see. They explore their world with excitement and wonder every day. They notice the little things that so many of us take for granted. You can learn a lot from a child.
So how do we become more like children in our walk with the Lord? We get excited about his return; we spread the message to others with the excitement we should feel. Living in the end times is a once in a lifetime event! How lucky we are to be living in this time period when the Lord's return is eminent. The signs are here, we are in the season of his return! Wake up and anticipate his return, we may not know the hour or the day but we can not stop looking for him or we will be caught unaware and unprepared. I for one do not want to be left behind or locked out of the wedding feast.
Do you anticipate the rapture as my grandsons anticipated the return of their earthly father? Do you constantly look up awaiting his return, knowing he will be coming in the clouds? Do you tell everyone you see that you are expecting the arrival of your Lord and savior?
My hope is in the Lord and in his return as I look around and see the increasing immorality spreading throughout the world. I know this is all in his plan and must happen because he has told us so. I look to the clouds and anticipate my salvation. I also tell everyone I see in my daily life that will listen, that they might also be saved, even if some may think I am crazy for I am not ashamed. Are you?
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