YOU ALSO MUST BE
READY!!
In 2 Kings chapter 2 we read the incident
of how Elijah was taken up to heaven. Elisha followed Elijah all the way from
Bethel to Jericho to Jordan. Before being taken up Elijah asked Elisha what he
wanted from him. Elisha replied that he wanted to have a double portion of
Elijah’s spirit. To this request Elijah replied saying “If you see me when I am
taken from you, it will be yours - otherwise not.” As they kept walking
suddenly a chariot and horses of fire appeared and separated the two and Elijah
went to heaven. It happened so suddenly, but Elisha was so watchful that he
received his blessings.
In Mathew 24,
we read about the Signs of the End of the Age but no-one knows about the day or
hour when the Lord will come. Two men will be in the field; one will be taken
and other left. Two women will be grinding; one will be taken and the other
left. “Therefore keep watch, because you do not
know on what day your Lord will come.”(Mathew
24:42). If the owner of the house had
known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and
would not have let his house be broken into. So you
also must be ready, because the Son of Man
will come at an hour when you do not expect him.
Would
like to remind you of one more parable which talks about the importance of
being ready all the time. Among the ten virgins who went out to meet the
bridegroom, five were wise and five were foolish. The foolish ones took the
lamp but did not take the oil, whereas the wise ones took along with them the
lamp and the oil. When the bridegroom arrived, those who were ready went in to
the wedding banquet. Those who were not prepared could not make it for the door
was shut. “Therefore keep watch.”(Math25:13)
Mathew 24:46 says It will be good for that servant whose master finds him
doing so when he returns. So all of us must be watchful and be ready to
meet the Lord when He comes again. Rev: 10:6 says “There
will be no more delay”.
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