Are You Ready?

  • Eric Barron
  • Aug 18, 2008

ARE YOU READY?  

The purpose of this article is to allow yourself to examine your life and the things in it. In todays world there is constantly change being made, and issues that will not part. In Israel there is constantly fight over who owns what, and why do they have it?  We also have a President that is countlessly being asked," why do you do this? or, why do you do that? Weather we believe it or not we are living in some major trying times. So this must leaves me to ask you," Are you Ready? 

In the book of Genesis Chapter 6 Verse  5 The word says, "Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the Earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually."  Here we have our God talking with Noah and saying these words of disappointment and in my own heart it says." God have we come back to this time where everything in man's heart is evil?  We also need  ask if you were upset with creation then what make this time we live in any different? Most of us can say that,"We have JESUS now", and that is great, But when God was talking with Noah he talked about people who had no relationship, and had no room in there lives for righteousness. As I meditate I think about the account that Matthew gives us in Chapter 24 Verse 32-  44 "Now learn the parable from the fig tree: when its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near:so, you too, when you see all these things, recognize that He is near, right at the door,"Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away."But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone. "For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah, "For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the coming of the Son of Man be. "Then there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one will be left. "Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one will be left. Be Ready for His Coming "Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming. "But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. "For this reason you also must be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will. 

So here is the Lord saying,"Be Ready"! I write this to you that you may ask yourself....When I go to sleep tonight will I be ready if the LORD comes while I'm asleep? This should constantly be in your heart! Do I love Him the way I should? Do I honor HIm with all my actions and, Do I treat Him as if he's my everything.  Now this is not to scare you but, In china right as I write this they have 10 NUCLEAR war heads pointed at the United States of America and by the year 2010 their will be 100.... Reality kicks in when you think about it. Man's heart has become evil as God said in Genesis.

Take inventory of your life and ask,"AM I READY"!

Grace and Peace,  Pastor Eric