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What Will You Be Found Doing When Jesus Comes?

Matthew 24:32–51

I want to address one issue before I get into my main comment on today’s reading.  Verse 34 in today’s reading says the following:

Matthew 24:34 ESV

“Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.”

This is another one of those places that can confuse people.  Did Jesus mean to say that the generation to which He was speaking would still be alive at the end of the age?  No, He was speaking about the generation that will be alive when the Gospel has been preached to all the world.  We have to be very careful when considering the Word of God.  We need to remember that verses that came before and after have bearing on the meaning of a given verse.

Now, Jesus tells us today that the end will come much like the Great Flood.  People were going along with their life when suddenly, out of nowhere, it started to rain, and didn’t stop for 40 days and 40 nights.  What I find interesting about this comparison by Jesus is that Noah did know the flood was coming and prepared for it by way of obeying God and building an ark over while others scoffed at him.  Jesus’ example is about more than how sudden the end will be.  He has been telling us how to discern the end of the age.  He is telling us to be prepared.  We are to be like Noah who, because of his close relationship with God, knew the end was near and got to work doing what God asked of him.

How is your relationship with God?  Is yours more like Noah’s or more like those who drowned?  I have often mentioned that having submitted our lives to Christ we have become His stewards on Earth.  We are to be taking care of His business.  This includes developing the skills, talents, and spiritual gifts He has given us as well as the dollars and families He has placed in our care.  This also includes telling a lost and dying world about Jesus Himself.  Jesus poses the essential question Himself.

Matthew 24:45-46 ESV

“Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his master has set over his household, to give them their food at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes.”

Are you a faithful and wise servant?  What will the Master find you doing when He comes?

Have a blessed day!

Your brother and servant in Christ,

Bill

Dying to self, living to serve!