Jesus is Essential
Matthew 24:40–44: Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left. Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
Watch is the important word, and it has a little different meaning from the watching that the child of God does now in waiting for the Rapture. Today we have a comforting hope. In that future day it will be watching with fear and anxiety. In the night they will say, “Would to God it were morning,” and in the morning they will say, “Would to God it were evening.”
Today we are to wait and long for His coming. In that future day they will watch with anxiety for His return. You may think that I am splitting hairs, but I’m not. I looked up the Greek word for watch and found that it had about eight different meanings. 1
Walking with Jesus
“Watch” is a word filled with action and anticipation. It does not mean to stare at the walls, or at the TV, or at your digital screen. It means you are prepared. You are working. You are in tune with the worldly events and Bible prophecy. Are you living on the cutting edge of Christianity? Are you “in the know,” because you know His Word? Is your life making a difference for Christ? Can you say: “I am doing my Father’s business?”
Let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober. 1 Thessalonians 5:6
A watchful Christian is a serving Christian with a readiness for heaven.
Praying
Lord, please keep me prophetically alert, in Your Word, and always watchful.
1. McGee, J. V. (1991). Thru the Bible commentary: The Gospels (Matthew 14-28).
