Matthew 6:34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Try as hard as I can to “stay in the moment”, it is difficult knowing the scriptures as I do.

Matthew 24:32-33 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

We are to know the season of His coming because we shall see the signs and remember this parable of the fig tree. Even so, all that He told us in Matthew 24 is hard to read. We look to current events and ask ourselves with earnest desire, “Is this one of the signs which our Lord spoke to us about in scriptures?”

Titus 2:13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

Looking forward is meant to encourage us to live Godly lives, to be at this moment all that He has meant for us to be. So often that glimmer of hope we seek appears to be on the other side of woes. It is difficult to see that future and ignore the tribulations that lay between now and then.

2 Corinthians 4:7-11 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. For we which live are always delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

To life in the now is to die to self so that Christ might live, that the lost might see the treasure in this earthen vessel.

Treasure chests are not full of woe.

Acts 2:1-2 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

The apostles gathered together in one place, but even more importantly they were all in one accord. I cannot emphasize enough the importance of the unity of the spirit. We gather every Sunday in one place, but are we of one accord?

I have witnessed on more than one occasion powerful moves of the Holy Spirit when believes find unity of purpose in gathering together. The smaller the group the easier it is to find accord. The larger the group in accord, the more noticeable the movement of the Holy Spirit.

A million Christian men were in accord in Washington D.C. at Standing in the Gap. The one thing noted most in hearing tales of the event was the mighty rushing wind. The quality and character of the wind, its power to bring peace and calm to those who needed it. A visible sign of the movement of the power was seen by those who needed it. It circle about the mall on all side, but in the center, peace and calm.

I’ve seen healings and salvation during worship went church members found accord. If we can be of one accord, setting our minds and wills upon God and not ourselves, it allows the Holy Spirit to move outward seeks God’s will with power rather than keeping Him to ourselves.

Of all the reasons to gather, the greatest might well be to find accord.