That Unavoidable Moment

October 22

There is a day coming for which we do not want to be unprepared. It is the day when our Savior and Lord, the God of all Creation will call us home. We prefer not to reflect too frequently upon that day and its inevitability, but it is approaching for each of us and none of us knows the day or the hour.

It may be that we will be taken suddenly and without warning—an accident might occur that will expedite us to our eternal reward. It may be a prolonged illness that will achieve its dire end and we shall be gone from the land of the living.

It could be that we will be among those on that day when the “…trump of God shall sound and the dead in Christ shall rise first and those who are alive and remain shall be caught up to be forever with the Lord…” I Thessalonians 4:16, 17. However, whenever that day comes for us, it surely will come.

Luke 21:34 admonishes us therefore to, “Be on your guard so that your minds are not dulled…or that day will come on you unexpectedly.” There is but one thing we can and must do to be prepared for that day and we are here reminded that we cannot leave it undone. We must receive Jesus as our Savior and Lord so we will not be lost when that unavoidable moment arrives.