Be alert, and aware

1 Thessalonians 5: 2-3

 

²for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. ³While people are saying, "Peace and safety," destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

 

I am not wanting to dwell on the end times, as much as being aware of the times we are living in, and us being aware of the world around us. Paul uses the pregnant woman’s onset of labor, as an image to show how quickly the day of the Lord will arrive. I could not think of a better image than a pregnant woman to make this point because….well ….she knows she is pregnant. She is quite aware of her condition, and she knows at some point the labor pains are coming. So we should live with that mentality. We know the world we live in, we should stay aware of all of the traps and pitfalls. While we live our lives out as living examples of God’s love, we must stay awake, for it is the sleeping person that will fall into the pit, or step into the snare. As I often say, you do not have to give up on God for the devil to win…..all you have to do is nod off for a little while! So stay alert. The accessibility to sin is everywhere, it always has been and it always will be. The world will even try to lull you to sleep with the gentle lullaby of indifference. Stay alert each and every day, live your life, as the shining light that the Lord has intended, do not let that light become dimmed. We all know too well the world we live in, so live like the pregnant woman…..aware of your situation, and preparing everyday as if tomorrow might be delivery day!

 

Peace,

Brian