"BE Ready"

Be Ready.

Jesus spoke about the future. He told us about the great deception that will come when many will falsely say, “I am the Christ” and many will be led astray. Jesus spoke of wars and rumors of wars. He said many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another, but then he also spoke of his return, and how he will appear with all power and glory.

He spoke of a day and an hour that no one knows, not even the angels of heaven nor the son, but the father only. And all throughout Matthew 24, I believe he was setting the groundwork for him to explain the parable of the ten virgins which is found in Matthew 25:1-13

“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were wise. For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. But at midnight there was a cry; here is the bridegroom, come out to meet him. Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said to the wise give us some of your oil for our lamps are going out. But the wise answered saying since there will not be enough for us and for you, go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.

And while they were going to buy the bridegroom came and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast. And the door was shut, afterward the other virgins came also; saying Lord, Lord open to us, but he answered truly I say to you, I do not know you. Watch therefore for you know neither the day nor the hour.

This is an interesting parable because it paints a picture of two types of people/two types of Christians; even the wise among us are diligent when it comes to the things of God, but the foolish among us are complacent.

The wise among us take heed to the warnings in the bible, the foolish among us pay no mind to the warnings in God’s word, The wise among us are prayerful, they’re patiently waiting, they’re expectant of the Lord’s return, but the foolish one says tomorrow I’ll get right with God, tomorrow I’ll pray, but tomorrow is not promised.

The wise among us will be watchful, they’ll see the signs of the times because they study God’s word. But the foolish will fall asleep, they will miss the signs because of a lack of knowledge. So, let’s pray for wisdom.

We ought to be wise in these times that we live in. We ought to be spirit-filled, and spirit-led. We ought to get our lives ready and stay ready, waiting for our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to fulfill his promise.