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Awake to The Day

1 Thessalonians 5:4-6 When Christ returns to earth, He will surprise those living in darkness. So, join His light brigade. https://www.awakeusnow.com I Thessalonians 5, “But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief.” The Bible says that “The day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.” (I Thessalonians 5:2). If you’ve ever been burglarized, my guess is your experience is like ours. The burglar did not call ahead. In fact, the thief did not give us a warning in the mail, did not say, “Oh by the way could you clear out of the house on such and such a day so I can kick in the front door.” That’s not the way the thief operates. Jesus says, “For those who are living in the darkness the day of the Lord (the day of his final appearing) is going to come like a thief in the night,” unexpected. They will be unprepared, unequipped to deal with that dramatic day. But the Lord says for us who know the Lord Jesus Christ, who know His unfailing love, who understand His mercy, His sacrifice for us, and His promised return. That day will not catch is unaware because we are children of the light and God calls us as a result to live in the light. From the time our Lord Jesus said “Wars and rumors of wars, earthquakes, famines, nation against nation, the beginning of birth pains,” until my grandfather was born over hundred years ago about 38 million people historians tell us were killed in war. But in the last 100 years, the number is hundred 111 million plus, basically three times more in 100 years than in the previous 1,900. When we see those things happening dear friends, it ought to cause us to open our eyes, to be awake and alert. These are not simply same old same old times that we are living in. The time is drawing near. I do not know when the Lord Jesus is going to return. He has not informed me and He has said quite frankly that no one knows that day. That doesn’t mean however that we are to live in ignorance and simply twiddle our thumbs while the world around us is going to hell. What it is saying is recognize what is happening and understand He can come at any time and we need to be prepared personally, collectively. Personally prepared in that we understand how much He loves us, and how much He for done for us, and what He offers in our lives, how He desires to heal, restore, and renew, to heal those broken hearts that we were singing of and talking about a moment ago. God desires that His children be equipped and prepared for the days ahead. His desire is to speak into your life and into mine words of comfort and assurance, but also words that call us to be alert and prepared, ready at a moments notice to speak for the Lord, and to live for Him and to call others to a knowledge of Him, because the time is short. We are children of light. We need to be awake and alert. The darkness must flee and the light Lord Jesus Christ and the assurance of His final appearing is not something that ought to scare us. It is something that ought to draw us even closer to Him. It fills us with joy and expectation and hope to realize we may well have been chosen to live in the very last of days. Do you know what an honor that is? Do you know what responsibility that is? Do you know what a blessing that is? God is saying be awake, be alert, understand what is going on, know the times. Don’t wander in the darkness. Instead be alert and awake to the light. Dear friends, these are exciting and important times and we dare not simply go with life as usual, when God is calling us to follow Him like never before. We dare not fall into the trap of those who live in darkness and ignore what is taking place in our midst and in our time. Instead, we are children of light. By faith in Jesus our lives have been changed and transformed and renewed. The blood of the son of God has covered our sin. The power of the Holy Spirit is given to all who call on the name of the Lord and who walk by faith.