Our Lord Is Coming! WATCH!

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Mark 13:32-37 (KJV)  

But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. ³³ Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. ³⁴ For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. ³⁵ Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: ³⁶ Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. ³⁷ And what I say unto you I say unto all, watch.

Matthew 24:37-42 (KJV)

But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. ³⁸ For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, ³⁹ And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. ⁴⁰ Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. ⁴¹ Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. ⁴² Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.  

Matthew 24:45-47 (KJV)  

Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? ⁴⁶ Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. ⁴⁷ Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.

Gleanings from the Verses Above

We can find the following issues and the questions we have to answer: 

• The Son of Man left His house, gave authority to his servants; to every man His work and commanded the Porter to watch. Jesus has given each one of us His work to do in His house. 

• The question: Is this what we are spending 100% of our time doing? To every man, a work has been given with authority to do it and a porter who will give an account of us to the Master at His coming, is watching. This is going to be sudden. Let Him not find you sleeping. 

• During the days before the flood, men were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage until the day the flood came, and it took them all away.

• The question: What is taking away my time and attention? What are the distractions in my life now? Am I engaged with the work of the Master or the work of my employer (Money)? You cannot serve God and Money together. “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. Matthew 6:24 (NIV)   

• Then shall two be in the field (two full time servants; labourers in the Lord’s house); the one shall be taken, and the other left. Why? Because one’s attention is full and the other’s attention is divided. The question: Are you really a full-time or part-time labourer because your attention is divided? 

• Two women shall be grinding at the mill (two labourers at the work place, either in business or at the place of employment); the one shall be taken, and the other left behind. Why? Because one is rightly positioned by God, the other is positioned by SELF.

• The question: Where you are or what you are doing at the moment - who placed you there? Jesus Christ or yourself? 

• Who then is a faithful and wise servant whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? Blessed is that servant, whom his Lord when he cometh shall find so doing. The question: Are you doing this or are you too busy doing something else? 

• Take ye heed, watch and pray for ye know not when the time is. This counsel from Jesus Christ to us which is why we have to pray now.

Draw me nearer, nearer blessèd Lord,

To the cross where Thou hast died;

Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer blessèd Lord,

To Thy precious, bleeding side.

Prayers: 

• Dear Father, unto Thy hands I commit myself once again; I have heard Your Word; I have heard Your voice and have come to You for help. Please Lord, draw me nearer; interrupt me Lord, if I have been wrongly positioned, in Jesus’ name.

• Disengage me, O Lord, from every work you have not given me that I am doing at the moment and reposition me back to Your will and purpose for my life in Jesus’ name.

• Anything You need to do, O Lord, to bring me back to Your ordained assignment for me in Your house, please do it, in Jesus' name.

• Divinely interrupt me, O Lord, like You did to king Saul, Paul and Your disciples, because I do not want to miss Your coming, in Jesus’ name.

• Please make me Your wise, obedient and faithful servant, in Jesus’ name.

• Thank You Lord for hearing my prayers for in Jesus’ name I have prayed. Amen.

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Following as It Is Written and Spoken of Me

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Isaiah 60:22 (KJV) "A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the Lord will hasten it in his time."

Zechariah 4:6 (KJV) "Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts."

• What the Lord is bringing to mind as I meditate on the above Scriptures which has been written and spoken is that for this to manifest in my life / our lives this year, in years to come as we wait for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, we have to seek, find and know what has been written and spoken about us from the Scriptures.

To give this context, let us read about some lives in the Scriptures who did this.

•  John the Baptist, after searching the Scriptures in John 1:22-23: "Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?  He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord." This was said by the prophet Esaias. This we can find in Isaiah 40:3. 

• Mary the mother of Jesus, after searching the Scriptures said, "Be it unto me according to Your Word." Matthew 1:18-25 (KJV) states: ^"Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.¹⁹ Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily.²⁰ But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. ²¹And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins. ²² Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, ²³ Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us." This we can find in Isaiah 7:14. 

• Jesus Christ, in Matthew 2:3-6. "When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.⁴ And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.⁵ And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,⁶ And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel." This can be found in Micah 5:2. 

• Jesus Christ, in Luke 4:14-22. "And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, ¹⁸ The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the broken hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, ¹⁹ To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. ²⁰ And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. ²¹ And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears." This can be found in Isaiah 61:1-3.

• Jesus Christ, in Matthew 26:24 after searching the Scriptures, He said, "The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born." 

God’s counsel to Joshua: "This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success."  Joshua 1:8 (KJV)

The secret of our success this year for a little one to become a thousand and a small one a strong nation while we wait for the Lord’s coming is to search out what has been written and spoken about us from the Scriptures and follow it.

When we begin to search the Scriptures, we will find that all those who fulfilled their destiny went according to what had been written and spoken about them.

Those who were sent to assist / help them also followed how it should be done according to what was written and spoken. An example is Joseph during Mary's conception, the journey through the birth and the places they visited until the presentation of Jesus Christ in the temple. All were done according to what had been written and spoken about Jesus in the Scriptures.

God’s counsel to us as we wait for His coming: Maranatha!

Acts 17:1-4, 10-12 (ERV) 

^{Verse 1} Paul and Silas travelled through the cities of Amphipolis and Apollonia. They came to the city of Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue. ² Paul went into the synagogue to see the Jews as he always did. The next three weeks, on each Sabbath day, he discussed the Scriptures with them. ³ He explained the Scriptures to show them that the Messiah had to die and then rise from death. He said, “This Jesus that I am telling you about is the Messiah.” ⁴ Some of the Jews there believed Paul and Silas and decided to join them. Also, a large number of Greeks who were worshipers of the true God and many important women joined them.

^{Verse 10} That same night the believers sent Paul and Silas to another city named Berea. When they arrived there, they went to the Jewish synagogue. ¹¹ The people in Berea were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica. They were so glad to hear the message Paul told them. They studied the Scriptures every day to make sure that what they heard was really true. ¹² The result was that many of them believed, including many important Greek women and men.

• As we begin to discover that which has been spoken and written about us; we should have an open mind to receive it and not forsake the gathering of the worshipers of the true God where the message of the cross is preached day and night.

• Study, discuss and explain the Scriptures every day to make sure that what we are hearing is according to what has been written in the Scriptures.

• Meditate on that which has been spoken and written about us day and night; then will our ways be made prosperous and we will have good success.

Now that we have received the counsel of God:

• We want to ask the Holy Spirit to help bring this to pass in our lives this New Year and years to come.

• We want our morning to begin and our day to dawn.

• We want to ask the Light of Jesus in us to come forth and breakthrough any darkness hanging around and waiting to obstruct this from happening to us in Jesus' name.

 Our Prayer Points:

• Father, I thank You for Your Word / counsel that has come to me today.

• I thank You because help has come to me in from Your Holy Spirit to guide and guard me this year and in years to come.

• Lord Jesus, I come by Your word and Your blood to enter boldly into the throne of grace to receive grace and mercy today. Please accept me and my household in Jesus' name.

• Holy Spirit, please open my heart to what has been written and spoken about me this year.

• Please grant me the grace and strength to sit and search the Scriptures.

• I receive wisdom, knowledge and understanding of the Scriptures in Jesus' name.

• Open Your word to me this year, O Lord, and make Your ways plain before my face.

• Let my morning begin and let my day dawn. Let any darkness hanging in it to be shaken out. Let the Light of Jesus Christ breakthrough and shine forth everyday of this year for me in Jesus' name.

• I decree, let there be Light as it was in the beginning; as it was written and spoken for my life in Jesus name.

• Thank you God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit for direction as you hasten my little one to become a thousand and my small one a strong nation at Your appointed time in Jesus name. Amen. 

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