(This was supposed to have been posted this morning - I don't know what happened! Forgive me for being late!)Ok... If I'm right in my title, everyone left behind will have a good time reading this blog!
My real point of this title is this question: If Jesus Christ showed Himself to you right now, and told you that He is going to return in exactly 24 hours (and you couldn't tell anyone about your conversation), what would you do in that time?
...after thinking about it for a few seconds...
Now, look at your schedule for the next 24 hours. Is it different than what your answer was to my question?
...after thinking about that for a few seconds...
How come? I am proposing that our lives are to be lived doing always the things that God would most want us to do.
That's it. Just a thought...
My real point of this title is this question: If Jesus Christ showed Himself to you right now, and told you that He is going to return in exactly 24 hours (and you couldn't tell anyone about your conversation), what would you do in that time?
...after thinking about it for a few seconds...
Now, look at your schedule for the next 24 hours. Is it different than what your answer was to my question?
...after thinking about that for a few seconds...
How come? I am proposing that our lives are to be lived doing always the things that God would most want us to do.
That's it. Just a thought...
6 comments:
Here is my thing...
If I knew that He was coming back in 24 hours...I probably would not go to work, probably not call pastors asking for a meeting, or sleep much.
If you knew Jesus was coming back in 24 hours, would you go to work that day? Would you go to Greek class tonight? I doubt it - How do you reconcile that with your post?
I certainly understand what you are getting at - we are to live each day on purpose for Christ, and live each day with no regrets - however I think it is reasonable to have a schedule that operates as though He may not come back today, so what should I do.
Just a thought...Opps...I mean, Just an question...or something like that.
First of all, what are you doing listening to voices saying that they're Jesus!?
You bring up something that I thought about before I posted, but decided to let it go... Preparation.
If during one shift at my job, my mind is occupied with computers, and I have no interaction with people. I can justify that occupation in that I will be compensanted financially to help support other ministries. That would be me preparing to minister more effectively by having more financial resources to give. Preparation.
I go to Greek class to draw closer to God, whether that's through the class itself, or just through the rewards of having a degree once it's all finished. If I go to Greek simply for the degree, then I would skip class tonight.
Ok, here's MY thing, and I am as guilty if not more so than anyone with it. We put too much off as 'preparation,' and we fall to act. Seriously, if our job provides us no opportunities to minister, so 40 hours a week of secular numbness, and then we get a paycheck to pay for our house, food, clothes, car, etc., just so that we can go back to work to earn money to pay for our house... then we are wasting time.
I'm rambling...
Conclusion: Jesus might come back in the next 24 hours. If He does, will we be found watching for Him, or wasting our time?
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Hmm, I would go home and be with my family,and again call my unsaved friends and family, and give them the gospel.
Hmm, another thought,what ever we do we should do it all unto Jesus.
Col. 3:17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. Think that means "whatsoever" Job" etc. If we do that we will not have any regrets!
I'm with Mike. I work a secular job because I must. It would not be Biblical for me to not provide for my family or work for food. While there, however, I can and do witness to others. If I KNEW that I KNEW that Jesus was coming back in 24 hours, I would hit the streets for most of it...until voice ran out, then I would spend the rest of the time with Wendy and in prayer. If I lived like that every day...I would not be able to eat. So I'm with Mike.
On a side note, I take Greek for the diploma and for NOTHING else. And I believe I'm not alone.
Yeah - Seth and I are on the same page. I agree that we are to do everything for His glory, but with new knowledge comes a change of action.
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