It isn't unusual to hear sermons about Luke 12 which tell Christians exactly what they must do if they do not want to be found as unworthy servants and be beaten in that last day. We often end up beating ourselves up trying to figure out just how to be ready for our Lord's coming. There are books upon books warning Christians of the judgment to come on those who are not expecting their Lord in just the right way.
But what are we to do, biblically, to expect the Lord's coming? Are we not simply to take him at his word? Are we not simply to carry on doing the same things we would normally carry on with in his presence? When we have worked through the day serving the Lord what does he expect of us? He expects us to go to sleep and rest, though knowing that he may come and wake us up to put us about some duty or another.
What will happen, then, when the Lord comes? First off, we won't sleep through it. We read elsewhere that the Lord will come with a shout, the sound of a trumpet, and everyone will see him. Our Lord can knock on the door quite loudly enough to wake any sleeping servant. Amazing he doesn't knock the door down! And how do we see the master coming home at a late hour from the wedding feast? He comes home in a jolly mood. He beats on the door with a champagne bottle, we open the door, he has us sit down at the table and he dresses up like a servant to serve us the same kind of goodies that he's had at the wedding feast!
Let us look forward with eager anticipation to the return of our Lord and master, who is coming to bless us in his home.
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