“YOU MUST ALSO BE READY!”

Matthew 24:44-51                                                 (ESV)

"44 Therefore "YOU ALSO MUST BE READY", for the SON OF MAN is coming at an hour you do not expect.

45 "Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his master has set over his household, to give them their food at the proper time?

46 Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes.

47 Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions.

48 But if that wicked servant says to himself, 'My master is delayed,'

49 and begins to beat his fellow servants and eats and drinks with drunkards,

50 the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know

51 and will cut him in pieces and put him with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

The end times are getting drastically close.  You can’t be a student of Scripture and come to any different conclusion, in my humble opinion.  When I hear of the culture of “this world” going exceedingly corrupt and vile, I almost immediately think about JESUS telling HIS disciples about THE END TIMES.   

The entire chapter of Matthew 24 is devoted to telling us what to expect and how we should react. We must ALL live as though we are prepared AND anxiously waiting for HIS RETURN!  HIS WORD tells us that “YOU ALSO MUST BE READY", but most people who claim to be Believers hardly ever expose themselves to Scripture, and even fewer allow THE HOLY BIBLE to transform our lives into what HE desires us to be!  We are so busy with the things of “this world” that we don’t prioritize the things of GOD where and how we should.  

For me NOT to share BE STILL, AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD when HE has brought me through SO MUCH would not only be negligent, but could be considered uncaring and cold-hearted!  The END is quickly coming and we are acting as though we will live forever.  “YOU ALSO MUST BE READY" should be a way of life for True Believers!  Instead, we act as though we are going on a vacation to a resort where we are pampered and catered to.  

The wonderful thing about HEAVEN will be that JESUS CHRIST will be HIGH AND LIFTED UP, day and night, forever and ever!  “YOU ALSO MUST BE READY" was the way JESUS told us to live like we were already with HIM.  Colossians 3:3 says “For you have died, and your life is hidden WITH CHRIST IN GOD”!!!  If HE is hiding me IN HIMSELF, “YOU ALSO MUST BE READY" should be easy to live????  Why do I allow the enemy to cloud my vision then????