You have to wonder, if Jesus himself walked into our worship services and asked, âAre you ready?â would he get the desired response? Donât be too hard on me for saying so. For it was Jesus himself who asked the haunting question: âWhen the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?â (Lk.18:8).The fact that Jesus even asked this question should send shivers down our spines. After all, if you havenât noticed the âBe Readyâ motif running through your Bible, you just arenât reading it.The wise disciple stores up knowledge for a reason. All his senses are gathering information. He processes experiences, sights, sounds, facts, opinions, feelings, positive and negative feedback, yes, everything. All is used to tune and retune his life until it is in a constant state of readiness. The wise Christian:Is âalways ready to make a defenseâ (1Pet.3:15)Is âready for every good deedâ (Titus 3:1).Is “ready in season and out of seasonâ to preach (2Tim.4:2).Is like the Bereans who âreceived the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were soâ (Acts17:11).Is like the apostle Paul, who could say in his old ageââFor I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at handâ (2Tim.4:6).And is especially heeding Jesus warningââYou too, be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not expectâ (Lk.12:40). The Foolâs mouth gives fair warning as to the pending doom of his philosophy of life. Jesus warns us to take care as to what we listen toâwise words, youâll agree. John StaigerIf you have been blessed by this message, please feel free to: Like, Comment or Share it with your friends.
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