Therefore be ye also ready: for in such and hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh (Matt. 24:44).
These words of promise urge preparedness. We are not only to get ready, but to be ready to stay ready. The coming of the Son of man will surprise even believers. "In such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh."
The war was over. The men were coming home. One little girl, anxious to meet her brother who had been gone for three years, asked her mother what dress she should wear. "Your white dress," said the mother. "I'll meet Bob at the dock. You wait for us here at home."
It seemed like a long wait. In warming some chocolate to drink, Mary spilled it all over her dress. Just then her mother and long-awaited brother came up the steps. Frantically Mary ran and hid in the closet. Her brother just must not see her in that soiled dress. "Mary, Mary, where are you?" she heard him call. But she just crept farther back into the closet. "Mary, dear, where are you? Here's Bob." It was her mother's voice this time.
Finally they found her, sobbing as though her heart would break.
"What are you doing in here?" her brother asked.
"Oh, Bob, I'm so ashamed. My dress is all ruined. I wanted to be clean and pretty when you came home."
Our Lord warns us that He will come in such an hour as we think not. We shall have no time to get ready then. We must be ready. "And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming" (1 John 2:28). "But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels in heaven, but my Father only." "Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come" (Matt. 24:36, 42).
MEDITATION PRAYER: "Return, O Lord, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake" (Ps. 6:4).
These words of promise urge preparedness. We are not only to get ready, but to be ready to stay ready. The coming of the Son of man will surprise even believers. "In such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh."
The war was over. The men were coming home. One little girl, anxious to meet her brother who had been gone for three years, asked her mother what dress she should wear. "Your white dress," said the mother. "I'll meet Bob at the dock. You wait for us here at home."
It seemed like a long wait. In warming some chocolate to drink, Mary spilled it all over her dress. Just then her mother and long-awaited brother came up the steps. Frantically Mary ran and hid in the closet. Her brother just must not see her in that soiled dress. "Mary, Mary, where are you?" she heard him call. But she just crept farther back into the closet. "Mary, dear, where are you? Here's Bob." It was her mother's voice this time.
Finally they found her, sobbing as though her heart would break.
"What are you doing in here?" her brother asked.
"Oh, Bob, I'm so ashamed. My dress is all ruined. I wanted to be clean and pretty when you came home."
Our Lord warns us that He will come in such an hour as we think not. We shall have no time to get ready then. We must be ready. "And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming" (1 John 2:28). "But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels in heaven, but my Father only." "Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come" (Matt. 24:36, 42).
MEDITATION PRAYER: "Return, O Lord, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake" (Ps. 6:4).
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