ESOCS Devotional 5 March 2023
TEXT: LUKE 12:35-40
MEMORY VERSE: “Be ye therefore ready also: for the son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.” Luke 12:40 KJV
The followers of Jesus must always be ready for whatever circumstances they meet. They are likened to household servants waiting for their master to return home after a feast. Whether the master arrives home earlier or later than expected, he will be pleased if the servants are ready and waiting for him. Though they have merely done their duty, he may give them an unexpected reward by serving them a meal (vv. 35-38).
Another illustration of readiness concerns a householder who secures his house against burglary. Since he does not know when a burglar is likely to break in, he keeps the house secure constantly (v 39). Jesus used both illustrations to remind his followers to be ready always for ‘the coming of the Son of man’, whether in the coming crisis in Jerusalem or in the final crisis at the end of the age (v 40).
Christ is our Master, and we are his servants; not only working servants, but waiting servants. We must be as men that wait for their lord that sit up while he stays out late, to be ready to receive him. In this Christ alluded to his own ascension to heaven, his coming to call his people to him by death, and his return to judge the world. We are uncertain as to the time of his coming to us, we should therefore be always ready. If men thus take care of their houses, let us be thus wise for our souls. Be ye therefore ready also; as ready as the good man of the house would be, if he knew at what hour the thief would come.
- Are you ready for the mansions bright?
- Lord Jesus, help me by thy grace to be found ready for eternal bliss
FURTHER READING: Exodus 15:1-18; Isaiah 51:1-16; John 20:24-31
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ESOCS Devotional 5 March 2023
