Are we ready?

“You also must be ready because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.” Luke 12:40

We always live as if there will be a next day awaiting us. But what if it never comes? 3 and a half months has since passed with numerous earthquakes. Just this week alone in America, there were reports of about 30 hurricanes and it was also raining hail stones. Not to mention the situation in Middle East has never been messier than before. Morality level has dipped so much that it has become a drag to read the paper. In the Bible, Matthew 24 lists down the signs of the end time. As of now, many signs have been witnessed by this generation. Just as the dark clouds gathered, we know very well to discern that it will be raining any time. But it is an irony that what is happening in the world doesn’t seems to be an indication to us that we do not have much time left. Since there is no realization of the truth of the matter, we will also not be prepared for it. It is the same with exam, we will only prepare for it when the date is nearing. But why is it that with all that is happening in this world, we seems to be unmoved? Jesus clearly specified that His return will be unknown to us. But He instructed us to be ready regardless. With the signs pointing to His coming anytime possible, are we ready? Will we have any regrets if He is to come for us now?

The importance of our conscience

“David was conscience-stricken…” I Sam 24:5

The scenario here is one of great advantage to David. Here is King Saul in the cave, the man who is after his life relieving himself not knowing that he was giving David the opportunity to take his life. Putting an end to Saul’s life will finally give David the “break” from this relentless pursue of his enemy. A pursue that makes no sense to him as he did nothing wrong to be pursue for. Many times in life, isn’t this how we feel? We are blamed or wronged for the things that we did not do and the accusations just kept pursuing us. We just grow tired of it and when the opportunity arises for us to jump back at the opposition, we will grab it. Can you imagine what it must have felt like for David? He must be thinking to himself, “Yes, I am finally free from all these burdensome pursue!” But he was conscience-stricken and did not do so. This gives us a picture of how important our consciences are for us. It is our consciences that keep us from doing wrong. It is thus of high importance that we keep our conscience clear. If we allow our conscience to be smear, we will in soon time loose the sensitivity of it. It is the same as the car, if we do not clean the windscreen of the car, it will only get more and more dirty and we will be unable to drive in the right direction and will only get into an accident in time to come. God uses our conscience to speak to us. Keep our conscience clear!