ARE YOU READY?
By Ada Brownell
Yesterday as we passed a cemetery I thought of how many
bodies lay there waiting the day when “The Lord himself shall descend from
heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of
God. And the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we who are alive and remain
shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the
air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord” (1 Thessalonians 4:16-18).
But as I read into the next chapter I noticed a warning:
“For you know perfectly that the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the
night.
“For when they say, ‘Peace and safety,” then sudden
destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they
shall not escape.
But you are not in darkness, so that this day overtakes
you as a thief. You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of
the night nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as other do, but let us
watch and be sober...” putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a
helmet the hope of salvation.
“For God did not appoint unto wrath, but to obtain
salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that whether we wake
or sleep, we should live together with him” (1 Thessalonians 5: 2-10).
Then we are reminded to comfort one another with these
words.
I pray today God renews your faith, your commitment, and fills you with
His comfort hope and peace.
© Ada Brownell 2015
