So it will be on the day when …

If we have bad ways of thinking and therefore acting – it is vital to replace them with good ways instead. Daily feeding on God’s word and living by God’s principles are essential – for “blessed rather are those who” read the words God caused to be written and preserved and “keep” them. May we do it this day.

We can take no neutral position when it comes to our personal relationship with Jesus. May we honour him and his Father in our thoughts, words and deeds this day!

It could be we are too familiar with the prophecies about events at the climax of the present process of human life upon this earth – could the words of Jesus which we read today in Luke 17 become uncertain in our minds – too dramatic to be taken literally?

Jesus says,

“For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will it be in his day” (verse 24).

He adds,

“Just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man. They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot … but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom … so will it be on the day when the Son of Man is revealed” (verses 26-30).

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Our world is in a mess, uncertainties about the future increase every year, indeed, every month! Our world has, to some degree, got used to living with uncertainties about the future – so much so nearly all plan for the present, for this year and maybe next, especially if they have children.

The king of the promised kingdom was “in the midst of you” (verse 21). Jesus told the Pharisees, but they were blind to this challenging fact. Similarly, the words of Jesus, and those written by the Apostles in their letters, are today available in every language, but how few are ‘awake’ to the message they contain about today!

It is not just a message about today! It is not just a message about the coming climax, but, but just as important, it is about the attitude of heart we must develop if we are to have total trust in God. We read in Proverbs today,

“Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you … write them on the tablet of your heart … in all your ways acknowledge him and he will make straight your paths” (3:3,5,6).

– the Christadelphian

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