Today's Reading:O.T. - Proverbs 12
N.T. - Matthew 24
Focus Verses:
Matthew 24:42-46 42"Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. 43But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. 44So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him. 45"Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper time? 46It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.
Insight:
Jesus describes his coming on the final day with clear claims to divine power (coming on the clouds in power and glory) and with apocalyptic urgency. The exact time of his coming is not possible to know, but there are enough signs to have a sense of urgency and to keep watch and to be ready.
Response and Action:
I believe that Jesus rose from the dead in accordance with the Scripture, and that he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. I believe he will come again to judge the living and the dead, and his Kingdom will have no end. I will heed his commands and walk in his ways every day, in order that I might always be ready for his imminent return.
Come, Lord Jesus. Come and establish your eternal Kingdom. Help me to be your faithful servant. Strengthen and guide me in your ways for the glory of your name. Even as I wait for your return, help me to live as a citizen of your Kingdom today! Make me and my world ready to welcome you on the final day. Amen.
Proverbs: 12:28
"In the way of righteousness there is life; along that path is immortality."
Resources:
Jesus, Paul and the End of the World
by Ben Witherington III
