Be Ready

We have dogs.

When the dogs come to greet me when I get home, and have not peed on the floor -- there is a lot of tail wagging, standing up on two legs, tongue hanging, barking, whining, running around, and so on. Why? They are excited to see me.

When the dogs chew on something they are not supposed to or pee on the floor, do you know what they do? They get real low to the floor. They hang their heads in shame. They go into their boxes in the laundry room. They're not completely stupid. They're not completely without understanding. They know they've done badly and are in trouble.

I think perhaps people are both a lot smarter and a lot stupider than animals. Really! Consider the following:

How many people know the miracles of the Bible are true yet live like practical atheists?

How many people know they should put God first in their lives yet don't have evidence of it in their checkbook register or on their calendar?

How many people know the time is short and the days are evil, yet fritter it away on meaningless pursuits or sitting lethargic in front of the television watching shows about nothing?

How many people know they have a responsibility to teach the Word to their children, yet put far more importantce on after school sports or family game night?

A number of passages in the Bible carry the same theme -- be ready, be vigilant. The Lord could return at any moment. Are you prepared? It's a worthy question to think about -- what kind of reaction do you want to have when he returns? One where you hang your head in shame because you have known the Word but down a half baked job at best in keeping it? Or one where you are so excited you can't contain yourself?

Grace and Peace