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JUST KEEP ON LOOKING UP
Regarding Christ’s return, C. S. Lewis wrote, "His (Jesus') teaching on the subject quite clearly consisted of three propositions: That he will certainly return; That we cannot possibly find out when; That therefore we must always be ready for him."
“So if anyone tells you, ‘There he is, out in the desert,’ do not go out; or, ‘Here he is, in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it. For as lightening that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.” [Matthew 24:26-27]
“At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory. And He will send His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.”
[Matthew 24:30-31]
Every now and then I will hear someone comment that they are afraid Jesus has already returned and they missed Him. I pray that these words from Jesus found in Matthew will set their minds at ease. Jesus has not come back yet. When he does, there will be no missing Him – praise God!
Very few days go by that I don’t find myself looking into the sky, meditating about that glorious day. I think about how the disciples must have felt as they watched Jesus ascend into the clouds on the day He left. Wow! Don’t you imagine they spent a great deal of their days after that looking up to heaven, waiting for Jesus to appear as the angel told them He would. There are times that I feel that level of excitement as I stand there, looking up. When I see a splendid sunrise in the Eastern sky, or a beautiful cloud formation with sunrays beaming out in all directions, I say to myself, “Could this be the day?” Do you ever do that – stand their in awe of a magnificent sky listening extra hard for the trumpet to sound? [As if we would need to strain to hear it] It was on such a day that I wrote the song “I’m Looking Up”. The chorus says:
I’m looking up. Watching for my Savior to appear in the clouds
Coming back for me just like He said He would
I’m looking up. Praying I’ll be ready to be taken up
When that trumpet blows, to take me home for good.
I’m looking up. Believing all His promises, relying on His Word
Staying ever ready for that day
For when His glory comes around, I don’t want to be looking down
When Christ comes back, I want to be looking up.
“Therefore, keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. So you also must be ready, because the son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect Him.” [Matthew 24:42-44]
The expectation of the return of Christ should be a constant source of hope and peace for all believers. Followers of Jesus can rest assured that one fine day our Lord and Savior will come back for us, fulfilling all His promises of eternal life, peace, joy and happiness. Let us live for Him, trusting and serving and loving as He told us to do.
“It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when He returns.”
[Matthew 24:46]
Keep on looking up. Christ is coming back
DR. SAM SMITH, BUTTERFLY MINISTRY
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