Being ready
This week is on Luke 17:30-35:
I had a dream recently with a similar plot line to this. It got me thinking about the verses. Jesus is describing the end of days, when he comes back and judges the earth. But he's also talking about answering the call into relationship with him, and sometimes even the call into ministry. It's the day the Son of Man is revealed.
When God reveals himself in person to mankind again, it will be obvious. Nobody's going to predict it, so don't start mixing up the kool-aid just yet. The moment it happens is when we'll know about it, and not a moment before. But these verses aren't about when and where, but how we react. Do we join God, or do we turn our back and go on with our lives?
What about when God reveals himself to you? Maybe it's the first moment you've decided to be a Christian, or maybe it's a moment when you need to pray about something or help someone. Do you join God, or do you go back to life as usual? Is that moment for you a life-changing moment, or an inconvenient interruption that's soon forgotten?
I think about this stuff when someone shares with me a call they feel they have on their life. If you're supposed to be a missionary to Argentina, do you even know how much a plane ticket costs to go there? If you're supposed to work in a soup kitchen, do you even have the phone number for any of them? If you believe God has revealed himself to you and called you to go do something, do you do it, or do you get back to life until an opportune moment arrives?
Procrastination is a faith-killer. Laziness, complacency, and distractions are faith-killers. Turning back is turning away. The Israelites were cursed for saying "Let us go back to Egypt." If you know that God has revealed himself to you, then go after him and see what he wants. Don't put your headphones back in and wait for him to ring you again. If you snoozing, you may miss the last train out to where you need to be.
“It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed. On that day no one who is on the housetop, with possessions inside, should go down to get them. Likewise, no one in the field should go back for anything. Remember Lot’s wife! Whoever tries to keep their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it. I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed; one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left.”
I had a dream recently with a similar plot line to this. It got me thinking about the verses. Jesus is describing the end of days, when he comes back and judges the earth. But he's also talking about answering the call into relationship with him, and sometimes even the call into ministry. It's the day the Son of Man is revealed.
When God reveals himself in person to mankind again, it will be obvious. Nobody's going to predict it, so don't start mixing up the kool-aid just yet. The moment it happens is when we'll know about it, and not a moment before. But these verses aren't about when and where, but how we react. Do we join God, or do we turn our back and go on with our lives?
What about when God reveals himself to you? Maybe it's the first moment you've decided to be a Christian, or maybe it's a moment when you need to pray about something or help someone. Do you join God, or do you go back to life as usual? Is that moment for you a life-changing moment, or an inconvenient interruption that's soon forgotten?
I think about this stuff when someone shares with me a call they feel they have on their life. If you're supposed to be a missionary to Argentina, do you even know how much a plane ticket costs to go there? If you're supposed to work in a soup kitchen, do you even have the phone number for any of them? If you believe God has revealed himself to you and called you to go do something, do you do it, or do you get back to life until an opportune moment arrives?
Procrastination is a faith-killer. Laziness, complacency, and distractions are faith-killers. Turning back is turning away. The Israelites were cursed for saying "Let us go back to Egypt." If you know that God has revealed himself to you, then go after him and see what he wants. Don't put your headphones back in and wait for him to ring you again. If you snoozing, you may miss the last train out to where you need to be.
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