Dear John and Doves!!

Brethren let us continue to watch and pray, expecting the coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ at any time. By steadfastly watching and praying, without losing hope about His promise of coming back again, it’s an admission that we are aliens and strangers on earth. It shows that we are looking for a country of our own and that we are longing for a better country – a heavenly one (Heb 11:15,16). Therefore God is not ashamed to be called our God, for he has prepared a city for us. If we grow weary it shows that we are thinking of returning to our old nature (life without salvation), just like the Israelites when they were in the wilderness, they started thinking of Egypt. Our Master’s will is that we must be watchful!! See Luke 12:35-48 below:

Luk 12:35  Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning.

Luk 12:36  And you yourselves be like men who wait for their lord, whenever he shall return from the wedding, so that when he comes and knocks, they may open to him immediately.

Luk 12:37  Blessed are those servants whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Truly I say to you that he shall gird himself and make them recline; and coming up he will serve them.

Luk 12:38  And if he comes in the second watch, or comes in the third watch, and find it so, blessed are those servants.

Luk 12:39  And know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and would not have allowed his house to be dug through.

Luk 12:40  Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man comes at an hour when you think not.

Luk 12:41  And Peter said to Him, Lord, do You speak this parable to us or also to all?

Luk 12:42  And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward whom his lord shall set over his houseservants, to give them their portion of food in season?

Luk 12:43  Blessed is that servant when his lord comes and finds him so doing.

Luk 12:44  Truly I say to you that he will set him over all his possessions.

Luk 12:45  But if that servant says in his heart, My lord delays his coming, and shall begin to beat the male servants and women servants, and to eat and drink and to be drunk,

Luk 12:46  the lord of that servant will come in a day when he does not expect, and at an hour when he does not know. And he will cut him apart, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.

Luk 12:47  And that servant who knew his lord's will and did not prepare, nor did according to His will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

Luk 12:48  But he not knowing, and doing things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For to whomever much is given, of him much shall be required. And to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

So we do not have any excuse of not listening to our Masters will because He gave us examples: Luke 12: 35-48, the Israelites who grew weary perished in the wilderness, five foolish virgins were left behind (Matt 25:1-13).  In fact to continue watching and days passing-by, shows that we have FAITH in Our Lord and in His Word, because: Heb 11:1  Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

God bless you all as you continue watching and praying!!

Simon.