Unexpectedly; First Thessalonians

May the mumbling commence!

You will not find this date on your planner or your calendar or your iPad.  We cannot anticipate the timing of the Second Coming of Christ.  But we do need to be prepared.  Read from First Thessalonians chapter five:

I really don't need to write to you about how and when all this will happen, dear brothers and sisters.  For you know quite well that the day of the Lord will come unexpectedly, like a thief in the night.  When people are saying, "All is well; everything is peaceful and secure," then disaster will fall upon them as suddenly as a woman's birth pains begin when her child is about to be born. And there will be no escape. 

But you aren't in the dark about these things, dear brothers and sisters, and you won't be surprised when the day of the Lord comes like a thief.  For you are all children of the light and of the day; we don't belong to darkness and night. 

So be on your guard, not asleep like the others. Stay alert and be sober.  Night is the time for sleep and the time when people get drunk.  But let us who live in the light think clearly, protected by the body armor of faith and love, and wearing as our helmet the confidence of our salvation. (Verses 1-8)

Christ will come like a thief in the night.  Do not allow prosperity and good will and good feelings fool you.  None of these are necessarily a sign that the time is not yet ripe.  There is no escaping the Second Coming of Christ Jesus.

Since we cannot put it on our calendars, we need to keep alert and awake.  We cannot sleepwalk through life like so many others.  Sober and clear thought is the key to being ready.

And think about and continually develop your faith and love.  Hold fast to your confidence in our salvation through Christ Jesus.  Then we will be well on the way to being alert and sober for the approaching return of our Savior Jesus.

Enough mumbling for now…

Peace Out