Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning, as though you were waiting for your master to return from the wedding feast. Then you will be ready to open the door and let him in the moment he arrives and knocks.
Luke 12:35-36 NLT
http://bible.com/116/luk.12.35-36.NLT
So we should ask ourselves:
1) Am I clothed in His righteousness? Am I believing in Him at this very hour?
2) Am I eagerly awaiting His return?
3) Am I ready to open the door and let Him in?
If the answer in your heart cries out, “Yes, come, Lord Jesus, come!” then I urge you to continue pressing on to see this race to its finish.
But if your mind tells you the answer you are supposed to respond with, but your heart is not quite yet in step – I urge you to go to the Lord in heartfelt and humble prayer, asking Him to come into your life and overcome your doubt and unbelief. I encourage you to lay down any unforgiven essential or bitterness you have towards others and accept His forgiveness for your life. My hope is that you might know the hope and joy and gratitude that comes from a life saved by the grace of Jesus Christ.
And this change of direction is just the beginning. He has a life and purpose ahead for you who are willing to follow. He calls out to each of us to go forth, to follow in His footsteps – He calls us to be faithful servants.
And the Lord replied, “A faithful, sensible servant is one to whom the master can give the responsibility of managing his other household servants and feeding them. If the master returns and finds that the servant has done a good job, there will be a reward. I tell you the truth, the master will put that servant in charge of all he owns. But what if the servant thinks, ‘My master won’t be back for a while,’ and he begins beating the other servants, partying, and getting drunk? The master will return unannounced and unexpected, and he will cut the servant in pieces and banish him with the unfaithful.
“And a servant who knows what the master wants, but isn’t prepared and doesn’t carry out those instructions, will be severely punished. But someone who does not know, and then does something wrong, will be punished only lightly. When someone has been given much, much will be required in return; and when someone has been entrusted with much, even more will be required.
Luke 12:42-48 NLT
http://bible.com/116/luk.12.42-48.NLT
The Gospel
He is…
Harold J. Ballinger 