Thursday, May 15, 2014

Today's Message: BE WATCHFUL

Praise the Lord!!

“Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.” (Matthew 25:13)

The second coming of our Lord Jesus is an important event that is certainly going to happen without any doubt. All signs regarding His coming are getting fulfilled. The time is drawing very near. So we need to prepare ourselves to meet the Lord when He comes. We should always be watchful and ready. In Matthew 24:44, the Lord said, "So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect Him". In 25:13, Jesus said, "Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour". Jesus Himself has said, "No one knows about the day or hour of the Lord's return, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.” (Matthew 24:36). The Lord's coming will be a sudden and a surprising event and that's why the Bible exhorts us to be always ready. We should not live in a careless manner convincing ourselves with the false notion that there is still more time for Jesus to return. In Matthew 25:1-13, we read of the parable of ten virgins. Five of them were wise and five were foolish. On what basis were they divided thus? All ten of them were having lamps in their hands. All their lamps were burning. All of them were waiting expectantly for the bridegroom. But there was a very important difference between them. The wise virgins had oil in their jars along with their lamps whereas the foolish ones did not. They thought that the oil in the lamps would be enough and would keep their lamps burning till the bridegroom came. But they were terribly mistaken. The bridegroom's arrival was delayed. He came only at midnight. Those virgins who had oil ready had their lamps burning bright, and they went in with the bridegroom to the wedding banquet. But the foolish virgins, the ones who did not have oil could not go because their lamps went out and they were left behind. They pleaded with the bridegroom to open the door for them, but he denied saying, "I don't know you".

Dear friends, let our lamps be filled with oil always. Let us be alert and ready to meet Jesus, our Bridegroom when He comes.


PRAYER:  Lord Jesus, Your coming may be at any time - morning, noon or night. So let me be always ready to meet you when you come. Let it not take me by surprise and let me not lose the privilege of going with you to the wedding banquet. Amen.

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