Luke 21:36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
I find myself tired of this present world. I cannot stand to hear the news of the day. If it isn’t horrible, violent, and dreadful; it is stupid, sad, and desperate. So I turn to something else to escape from this present danger. I find myself entertained for a moment in a movie or a show that is encouraging, fanciful, even cheerful, but I find myself in yet but another trap for which I must escape.
When I searched for appropriate scriptures to relate my condition, I checked the surrounding scriptures to make sure I was appropriating the correct scripture and not using His Word to serve my own means. Thankfully He led me to the right passages. I found comfort in discovering the Word of God to speak truth into my present condition. This is the passage that relates.
Luke 21:34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
Luke 21 is the chapter in which His disciples asked Him about the signs of the end times. This in part is towards the end of that description. To be caught unawares has a significant meaning to me. It speaks to me that I was caught up in self and failed to do that which the Lord has asked. Once again I say, it is not the work we do but the condition of the heart that matters.
Hebrews 12:3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
I love your topic this morning. Since we are all individuals, I am going to share my means of escape. Mark 6:31 KJV “come ye yourselves into a desert place and rest awhile.” Jesus bids me to come WITH HIM aside from everything of this world and spend time together WITH HIM. I love those times alone with Him while He pours into my soul the deep love and appreciation He has for me, and this draws out of my heart the love and affection I share for Him.
Here is a “poem” I have written in my Bible
“I have been alone with Jesus, with my head upon His breast, for I was so very weary that I wanted there to rest. And He bade me stay a while, and I felt it very precious in the sunshine of His love. Shall I tell you what He told me while I still was waiting there? For it took away my trouble and it took away my care..Oh, He told me that HE loves me!! And I looked so very happy as He looked on me and smiled, And I felt it very precious, in the sunshine of His love.”
Now if we all did that, this world might not be filled with so much bad news.
That is why I have such a passion for the gospel…..this is the only way things can be changed…the Spirit of God working from the inside out!! When God changes the heart, everything changes.
I know, dear brother, you agree with me on that.
AMEN I heartily agree.