If the past year and a half or so has taught us anything it’s that we don’t know what’s going to happen or when. “When people are saying, ‘Peace and security,’ then sudden disaster comes upon them.” (1 Thessalonians 5:1-11)
I thought
the changing of the Presidential administration would bring at least some peace
and stability to the world. I was
wrong. In fact, we’re in the middle of
another crisis that is displacing thousands of people from their homelands and
threatening their very existence—again. I
thought when there was a vaccine and then when it was widely available that
everything would just be ok again. But
it’s not. There are variants, and not
everyone is vaccinated, and we still need to be on guard and take precautions. The plan is to try to return to ‘normalcy’. I hope that works out. But we still need to be
on guard, be careful, and do our best to stay safe.
Like we need
to be alert and on guard for the return of the Lord. We don’t know when it will happen or what it
will look like. “The
day of the Lord will come like a thief at night.” The Thessalonians thought it would be any
minute. They expected the return, like,
that year. It’s been 2000 years and
we’re still waiting, but we can’t slack off. We need to stay alert and stay positive. We didn’t expect this past year, and we don’t
know what the next will bring. We don’t
know what will happen or when, but we need to be alert, do what’s right, and be
ready to respond.
“The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom should I fear? The Lord is my life’s refuge; of whom should I be afraid?” (Psalms 27:1-14)
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