Today's scripture: 1 John 2:28-29
John now comes to the most important reason we should abide in Christ. He will
return one day. It could be today. Or tomorrow. Or years from now. But He will
return.
How do you want Jesus to find you when He returns? Watching television? Playing
video games? Gossiping with your friends? Committing adultery? Cheating? Lying?
Or appropriate for today, blasting the other political party?
Or will He find you serving at a soup kitchen? Praying? Playing with your
children? Reading His word? Embracing your spouse? Worshipping at church?
Will you be following what Jesus called the greatest commandment—loving God
with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength? And the second—loving your
neighbor as yourself? (See Mark 12:30-31.)
God is righteous. And we who call ourselves His children need to be as
righteous as we possibly can be. We won’t be perfect this side of heaven, but
we can choose to live loving God and loving others. We can choose to live in
such a way that we won’t be in any way ashamed when Jesus returns to take us to
heaven.
How will Jesus find you when He returns? Think about it.
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