Are You Ready?

Therefore keep watch, because you don't know the day or the hour. -Matthew 25:13

You know what's better than my Ole Miss basketball Rebels beating the Tennessee Volunteers in Knoxville a few weeks ago? Beating the Tennessee Volunteers in Oxford last night! (Sorry, Vol fans) As the game ended, you could hear all the rowdy Rebels beginning their popular cheer with the words, "Are you ready?"

In today's suggested scripture reading, readiness is one of the central themes. Ten virgins want to take part in a wedding party. Unfortunately the bridegroom does not come back for the girls as quickly as they expect. Five of them have enough lamp oil for the delayed return; five of them do not.

This appears to be a story about the second coming of Christ. But it's not only just a reminder that we need to be ready for Christ's return or  that we need to be ready to meet Christ when we die. It's also a helpful reminder for the present moment.

You and I have no idea what today holds. We know not what we will face. Yet if we try to live each day fully in the presence of God, if we faithfully seek God in God's Word and in prayer, we will be better prepared for whatever we might face and better prepared to respond.

May God grant you the grace to do the things that will help you to be ready for today.





Tomorrow's suggested reading:  Matthew 26.
Sunday's suggested reading: Matthew 27.
I'll be back on Monday with a devotion from Matthew 28.


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