42 "Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. 43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. 44 So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.
Matthew 24:42-44
As we begin a new year with new dreams and new ideas as to what will happen in 2010, it is good to remember how this life is just a dress rehearsal for eternal life with God. We will be reunited with our Creator in perfect unity and perfect oneness. This will all happen after the appointed time when Jesus returns to finish what He started and to take every man and woman who has trusted in Him back to paradise where you will be rewarded for the effort that you have put forth to advance His kingdom and reflect His love onto a lost world in need. Maybe it is time, this year, to refocus your priorities to things that will matter, not just in this life, but in the life to come. Maybe it is time, as you begin this gift of another incredible year of relationship and restoration with your Savior, to start giving all that you have received from your Father in heaven away to others in order that the people God has placed in your life can also enjoy this incredible gift of abundant and eternal life in Jesus. Maybe it is time to start forgiving others, the way that you have been forgiven; maybe it is time to start loving others, the way that you have been unconditionally loved. Maybe it is time to start expressing to others all that God has done for you and to begin thinking of others as more important than yourself in order that they could see God for who He really is, living in and through your very life. As we read here in the book of Matthew, no one really knows how much time is left or when Jesus will return - let’s not waste any more time my brothers and sisters in Christ, start living your life for Jesus today! Happy New Year!
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