Don't Be Caught Sleeping

SCRIPTURE
(Mark 13:33) "Take heed, keep on the alert; for you do not know when the appointed time is."


OBSERVATION
Four of Jesus' disciples asked Him when the end of time will come. Jesus tells them in this discourse that no one but God Himself knows the time of the end. He continues to tell them that there will be definate signs prior to the end, and then warns them to keep alert and be personally ready.


APPLICATION
There is a continuous influence in the world to trivialize or discredit the warnings of Jesus to keep alert. Paul writing to Timothy (II Timothy 3: 1-9) says that in the last days difficult times will come. He then gives a descriptive discourse that could have come from this mornings newspaper. If we can be lulled into a state of believing that we have all the time in the world, the lack of urgency will create complacency which will result in lethargy and lost souls for God's kingdom.

PRAYER
God, constantly keep before me the call to win lost souls before Your Son's return. I desire to be faithful and alert until the end.