TIME TO BE ALERT, AWARE & AWAKE

I believe we are living in the last days that the Bible talks about; the last days that Jesus spoke to his disciples about before he died and left them with a message and a mission to carry on after he ascended back into the heavens.  I have seen people get all obsessed with this knowledge; they start making predictions of when and where, naming names, and getting other people all worked up, warning them to get ready for what is to come.  I am not one of those people, but I am aware that something is brewing and it is important to be aware of what is going on all around us.

Jesus said that, “In those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away” (Matthew 24: 38, 39).  The reason for the flood was the corruption and violence of all flesh on the earth.  The people were unaware and continued living their lives as usual.  It surprises me that things can get that bad and people are not at all aware of it, and yet it feels like that today. 

All this corruption goes on every day in every place and yet the people act unaware and the ‘beat goes on’.  Nations are corrupt, governments are corrupt, churches are corrupt, and institutions are corrupt.  Societies have made corruption and unrighteousness an acceptable norm by legalizing sinful and Godless behavior.  Violence is responded to with more violence, thinking that will bring it to an end.  It all hits social media for a day or two and then it’s forgotten, and ‘the beat goes on’, life as usual goes on, and people remain unaware and uninterested. 

I believe the time is coming when life as we know it will not be able to go on as usual; nor should it.  The prophetic voice of God’s church should be making people aware of the times they are living in; not alarming but warning folks to keep their eyes open to the events going on all around them.  Things are brewing in the Middle East that will have world wide consequences.  All people must keep alert, awake, and close to God during these days; these last days that the prophets spoke of; that Jesus spoke of.  It is important.