1Cor. 1:9 and Mt. 24:42-44
The time is coming
The time is coming
God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord
42 Watch therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. 43 But know this, that if the householder had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched and would not have let his house be broken into. 44 Therefore you also must be ready; for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
It is a common expression that Christians are Easter people. We are people of hope,expectation and new life. In the period of time, years, after Jesus' death the second coming was expected soon, in their lifetime. That did not materialize. Still, the hope and expectation is emblazoned in our hearts.
We do not know when Jesus is coming again, no more than we know when a thief may come in the night or the phone will ring at 3am with bad news. We are not soothsayers.
But what we do know is that God is faithful and loving. As such, our expectations take on more than waiting for the end times so often predicted by oddball preachers. We take on the expectation of good things because that is what God wants for all of his children, no matter what.
As a faithful person we are called into a mutual loving relationship with our creator, we are called to believe that we were created intentionally and with great love, we are called to expect the fruits of that love in our lives and we are called to act as facilitators of that love. We do knot know what form our gifts will take or when they will come. But we are called to expect them because we know that God loves us.
The time is coming, expect the best.
It is a common expression that Christians are Easter people. We are people of hope,expectation and new life. In the period of time, years, after Jesus' death the second coming was expected soon, in their lifetime. That did not materialize. Still, the hope and expectation is emblazoned in our hearts.
We do not know when Jesus is coming again, no more than we know when a thief may come in the night or the phone will ring at 3am with bad news. We are not soothsayers.
But what we do know is that God is faithful and loving. As such, our expectations take on more than waiting for the end times so often predicted by oddball preachers. We take on the expectation of good things because that is what God wants for all of his children, no matter what.
As a faithful person we are called into a mutual loving relationship with our creator, we are called to believe that we were created intentionally and with great love, we are called to expect the fruits of that love in our lives and we are called to act as facilitators of that love. We do knot know what form our gifts will take or when they will come. But we are called to expect them because we know that God loves us.
The time is coming, expect the best.
Always a good idea to "Keep it Positive"
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