Luke 12:35-40 Be in Readiness

“Be dressed in readiness, and keep your lamps lit.  Be like men who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that they may immediately open the door to him when he comes and knocks.  Blessed are those slaves whom the master will find on the alert when he comes; truly I say to you, that he will gird himself to serve, and have them recline at the table, and will come up and wait on them.  Whether he comes in the second watch, or even in the third, and finds them so, blessed are those slaves.  “But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into. You too, be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not expect.”

Children are more inclined to have behavior described above than those who are older.  Children trust their Master and understand their dependence on Him.  As children become older, they develop an unhealthy independence of their Master which is the sin of the Evil One.  Because of Jesus Christ, we have become Children of God. As such, our trust in Him should be childlike in nature. If Christ says He will return, then He will return.  We have two choices, to obey Him by having a continuous state of readiness anxiously awaiting His return.  Or, we will do “what is right in our own eyes,” following an agenda of folly that will lead to great remorse.  The choice is ours, so let us pray for the will to trust and obey.  In Jesus name I pray Amen.