Like A Thief In The Night

Continuing with our study and to conclude we read: “…But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief. 5You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. 6Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober…” The reason I have told you these things is not because I want to alarm or scare anyone. As I said at the beginning, and I repeat, I’M NOT A PROPHET! I don’t know the exact day of our Lord’s return, but I have been called to awaken you.

We can’t fall asleep thinking that all is well, and that we have all the time in the world to behave in a way that pleases God. We can’t fall asleep thinking that we have all time in the world to fulfill the mission that God has given us. And that’s why in the verses that we are studying today we are told: “…let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober…” Tell the person sitting next to you: the alarm clock is ringing.

So wake up, and arise because “…the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night…” Don’t let that day come and find you asleep; when it comes be ready to come face to face with your Savior.

[1] Los Angeles Times – Greenspace – January 4, 2011

[2] Dead Birds Fall From Sky In Sweden, Millions Of Dead Fish Found In Maryland, Brazil, New Zealand -

The Huffington Post - Travis Walter Donovan – January 5, 2011

[3] http://www.warsintheworld.com/?page=static1258254223

[4] http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/year/eqstats.php

[5] http://library.thinkquest.org/C002291/high/present/stats.htm

[6] http://www.unaids.org/globalreport/Global_report.htm

[7] http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/estimates_2009_h1n1.htm

[8] http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,581065,00.html

[9] Blue Letter Bible Lexicon

[10] http://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/