Immersed In Him

April 30

There is one thing worthy of the focus of the Christian. Just one. That is not to negate the responsibility of all believers to follow the admonition given to the servants in Luke 19:13, “Occupy until I come.” In this parable, Jesus was conveying the necessity that believers go about the business of living life fully while keeping an eye on Heaven.

Whether we are working or relaxing or training up children or investing for the future—all—must be done with the realization that at any moment the eastern sky could split open and the moment of Christ’s return will be upon us. At that time, there will be neither opportunity to complete earthly tasks nor to accomplish heaven’s single requirement of owning Jesus as Savior and Lord.

Indeed, there will be no further need of the important things of time and the singular necessary act of receiving the salvation offered by the shed blood of the Lord will either be a fait accompli or the opportunity will be forever lost. In I Peter 1:13 the impetuous Apostle demonstrates that he finally got that one important thing right.

Here he says, “Prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given to you when Jesus Christ is revealed.” That one worthy thing, embracing the revealed Lord, requires a mind that has been prepared for His return by setting aside all else. To know Him is to be immersed in Him; nothing else is worthy.