Title: Watch and Be Ready
Matthew 24:39 (KJV) – “And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away: so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.”
Evening Devotional Wednesday November 1 2023
In this verse, Jesus draws a parallel between His second coming and the days of Noah. Just as in Noah’s time, people went about their daily lives, unaware of the impending flood, so it will be when the Son of Man returns. The return of Christ will come suddenly and unexpectedly, catching many unprepared.
This message is a solemn reminder for us as believers to be vigilant and watchful. It urges us not to become complacent in our faith, assuming that we have time to make things right. Instead, we are called to live each day as if it could be the day of Christ’s return.
To watch and be ready means to live in a constant state of spiritual preparedness. It means examining our lives, repenting of our sins, and seeking a closer relationship with God. It means loving our neighbors, forgiving others, and sharing the message of Christ’s love and salvation.
As we embark on this new month, let us keep this message close to our hearts. Let us watch and be ready, knowing that we cannot predict the hour of Christ’s return. May our lives reflect our faith, our hope, and our readiness to meet our Savior whenever He appears.
Let November be a month of spiritual growth and preparedness, a month in which we actively anticipate the coming of the Son of Man with eager hearts and watchful eyes.
May God’s grace and guidance be with you throughout this month.
Amen.
“And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away: so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.”
— Matthew 24:39
Evening Thought
Universal was the doom, neither rich nor poor escaped: the learned and the illiterate, the admired and the abhorred, the religious and the profane, the old and the young, all sank in one common ruin. Some had doubtless ridiculed the patriarch-where now their merry jests? Others had threatened him for his zeal which they counted madness-where now their boastings and hard speeches? The critic who judged the old man’s work is drowned in the same sea which covers his sneering companions. Those who spoke patronizingly of the good man’s fidelity to his convictions, but shared not in them, have sunk to rise no more, and the workers who for pay helped to build the wondrous ark, are all lost also. The flood swept them all away, and made no single exception. Even so, out of Christ, final destruction is sure to every man of woman born; no rank, possession, or character, shall suffice to save a single soul who has not believed in the Lord Jesus. My soul, behold this wide-spread judgment and tremble at it.
How marvellous the general apathy! they were all eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, till the awful morning dawned. There was not one wise man upon earth out of the ark. Folly duped the whole race, folly as to self-preservation-the most foolish of all follies. Folly in doubting the most true God-the most malignant of fooleries. Strange, my soul, is it not? All men are negligent of their souls till grace gives them reason, then they leave their madness and act like rational beings, but not till then.
All, blessed be God, were safe in the ark, no ruin entered there. From the huge elephant down to the tiny mouse all were safe. The timid hare was equally secure with the courageous lion, the helpless cony as safe as the laborious ox. All are safe in Jesus. My soul, art thou in him?
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