A few years back while waiting in Wal-Mart I was looking at the reading glasses. Often times they will have a chart there that says if you are this age then you will need this strength etc. My natural inclination is to prove it wrong, but as I strained to read those little lines, I was hard pressed to deny it.
How about as Christians? Can we look around and see what is going on in the world and deny the evidence? God's word says we will be able to see these things coming, but those of the world will not. "When it is evening, ye say, it will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning, it will be foul weather today: for the sky is red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?" (Matt. 16:2-3) Matthew 24:3-8 "And you will hear wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation will raise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences and earthquakes in various places. All of these are the beginning of sorrows". In the same breathe he says do not fear.
Revelation 3:11 "I am coming quickly; hold fast what you have, so that no one will take your crown". In the garden he knew his time was at hand, but he also knew whose hand he was in. We as Christians have that same privilege. God says do not fear, but when you see these things, know that the time is at hand. "Be not wise in your own eyes, but redeeming the time because the days are evil." Ephesians 5:16
Spring is indeed coming, we all getting older if we are lucky and need reading glasses, and Christs' return is imminent. May we ALL be found worthy of his calling, while we are waiting. Ephesians 4:1-16.
Song." Worship While I'm Waiting" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb7TSGptd3Y
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