Keep Looking Up

 

“Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming.” —Matthew 24:42 Looking across the centuries, the prophets declared that there would be a day when history as we know it would come to an end, with the judgment of God and the return of the Messiah. What we are seeing today is a shuffling on the stage behind the curtain—a preparation for the day when “the kingdoms of this world [will] become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever” (Revelation 11:15). The Bible is filled with promises of that coming day of glory. Its pages indicate that when Christ returns, the world will not be expecting Him. Just as the people in Noah’s day did not believe that a flood was coming, multitudes today do not believe that God’s judgment is coming. The flood did come, though, and so will His judgment. Jesus calls us who know Him to wait in expectation. Our hands should be busy with His work—but our eyes should be looking up. May your watching for Jesus make you even more active in His service! Wisdom for Today Help us, Lord, to live daily with an urgency to share the Gospel with those around us, knowing that Your return is imminent. While we cannot know the exact day, we will live in expectation of seeing You again.