PREPARING BY DOING JESUS IS COMING SOON!

(Mat 24:44-46 NKJV) "Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect. {45} "Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season? {46} "Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing. In other words, those who are doing, not just hearing the word, are building upon the Rock-Jesus Christ. We are talking about eternal security. That is a precious truth. He could come at any hour, and if we are going to trust Him for the future, we must obey Him in the present. We are to be found doing His will. The following verses show Jesus’ teaching that living for the future leads to neglecting the present duties. When all I think about is the future instead of today, then I neglect today’s problems. (Mat 24:48-51 NKJV) "But if that evil servant says in his heart, 'My master is delaying his coming,' {49} "and begins to beat his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards, {50} "the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him and at an hour that he is not aware of, {51} "and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, makes us ready at all times, and we need to have no anxiety over the future for there is a reward for the future. (Mat 24:46-47 NKJV) "Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing. {47} "Assuredly, I say to you that he will make him ruler over all his goods. The Lord has a kingdom prepared for those He finds doing His will when He comes. We must serve in His kingdom today if we expect to enter His eternal Kingdom. The Lord teaches us that He has given us a burden to carry today. Don’t try to carry tomorrow’s burden, too. Why? He gives us strength to carry what He lays upon our shoulders, but He doesn’t guarantee to give us strength to carry what we take upon ourselves, especially when we are told not to carry it. Our text says trouble or distress of today is sufficient without being anxious about the unknown future. Our trials of faith are given in daily portions measured out for us by the Lord. But let’s not forget that he also measures out the strength and the way of escape. (1 Cor 10:13 NKJV) No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it. That is why we must concern ourself with today and today’s trouble’s without borrowing from next week’s burden today; such unbelief is not only a lack of trust, it is disobeying the principle taught in our text. It shows we do not trust Him for the future. So let us all be busy “doing” what we know to ‘do” – living for Jesus, loving Him and obeying His word. We will then have no fear of His coming, but looking forward to it with great joy and anticipation.

“So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him”