Today's Scripture
There will be a day- Mark 13:28-37
TODAY’S READING SCHEDULE: Mark 13 (CEB)
28 “Learn this parable from the fig tree. After its branch becomes tender and it sprouts new leaves, you know that summer is near. 29 In the same way, when you see these things happening, you know that he’s near, at the door. 30 I assure you that this generation won’t pass away until all these things happen. 31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will certainly not pass away.
32 “But nobody knows when that day or hour will come, not the angels in heaven and not the Son. Only the Father knows. 33 Watch out! Stay alert! You don’t know when the time is coming. 34 It is as if someone took a trip, left the household behind, and put the servants in charge, giving each one a job to do, and told the doorkeeper to stay alert. 35 Therefore, stay alert! You don’t know when the head of the household will come, whether in the evening or at midnight, or when the rooster crows in the early morning or at daybreak. 36 Don’t let him show up when you weren’t expecting and find you sleeping. 37 What I say to you, I say to all: Stay alert!”
What does this passage mean to me/us
We live in this world as if we will live forever.
Knowing that there will be an end to all we do is a blessing.
Since we learn that everything is finite, we get to turn our eyes to the eternal.
Is our hearts focused on the eternal kingdom?
Jesus says that the kingdom will come at any moment like the household owner will come back any moment.
Jesus asks his disciples to stay alert.
We are called to stay alert as if Jesus can come any day.
It is to live our lives to the best we can, as disciples staying alert.
Prayer
Lord, help us to fix our eyes onto the eternal kingdom. Help us to be the best we are, as we live out this day. Also, be with us and this nation. In Christ name, we pray, AMEN.
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