Is He Waiting For You?

December 28

There is a day coming when time shall be no more. The ancient texts of many religions and cultures predict a time of catastrophic proportion when life as we know it on earth shall cease.

Last year at this time there was a lot of excitement about the writings of the ancient Mayans whose prolific musings about myriad eventualities came abruptly to an end. Conjecture about that sudden conclusion caused modern man to speculate that the Mayans established a time in December of 2012 when the end of all things was purportedly to occur. As of this writing, the date is almost exactly one year behind us and the world is still spinning on its axis, the sun still rises and sets each day, and man’s inhumanity to man has not abated because he so recently believed ‘the end’ might be near.

Whether or not we give credence to the musings of pagan soothsayers, there is one highly reliable source upon which Christians base their anticipation of events that will precede and accompany the return of Jesus to earth to claim His bride, the Church which is made up of all true believers in Christ and the salvation that His birth, life, death and resurrection provide to those who accept Him as Savior and Lord. Of that day, the Bible speaks in many places, including in Jeremiah 13:16.

Here the Word of God declares to mankind, “Give glory to the Lord your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the mountains at dusk.” If we are to escape the wrath of God on that day, we must receive Jesus as Lord today, which II Corinthians 6:2 says is, “the accepted day of salvation.”

If we are to be spared the pangs of hell, we must receive our Savior, as Isaiah 55:6 admonishes, “…while He may be found; call upon Him while He is near. Let the unrighteous man forsake his ways and the godless man his evil thoughts.”

As Hebrews 10:37 states very clearly, “For yet a little while then He that shall come, will come.” And II Peter 3:9-10 says, “The Lord is not slack concerning His promise as some men count slackness but is patient toward us, not desiring that any should perish.” IS HE WAITING FOR YOU TO RECEIVE HIM? If so, remember, “Now is the time; today is the accepted day of salvation,” II Corinthians 6:2. This just might be ‘the’ day!