Good Saturday morning! The sun is shin... was shining... what happened here? Clouds are moving across the sky and sometimes the sun is shining today. How is your intensity today? Some days or weeks we go through a season of more intense activity. Watching the little nest out back, things seemed pretty relaxed out there up until just about a week ago. Then one night both robins were staring in at something and then... the intensity of the season went way up. Yesterday as I moved bricks (so much for that day off from the heavy stuff) I noticed that the robins were seldom resting. All day long the pair could be seen searching the ground for food and bringing it back to the nest. Hungry little mouths would open every time a bird returned to the nest. But not only is the activity much more intense, there is an intense watchfulness too.
This reminded me of the times as we near the end. We watch intently for Jesus to return at times, while at other times we are too busy to watch. This is neither good or bad unless we get too sky-struck or too busy. We will have those times when we can take the time to look at the sky and wonder if it will be today. Other times we are so busy that we pause, look at the sky, and pray that it will be today. Some folks even claimed that it is today, literally. It is funny how many groups or persons will claim to know the day in direct contradiction to Christ's words that no man will know the day. We are told to watch the signs, and many of us enjoy doing just that, but we can only know that it must happen soon. Circle a date on a calendar though and you can pretty much bet that you will be wrong. I have written that many times and yet we still see people saying that Jesus will return or the Rapture will occur on thus and such day. Why don't they listen to me?
Okay, so I'm not the central information authority in the world, but I do know one bit of reading that those wannabe prophets should take the time to study: the Bible. Even during our periods of intense activity we should take the time to study the Word of God. The old excuse, "But, I don't have time!" should never be used when it comes to reading the Bible. We should always make the time, 'cuz if we ain't readin' the Word, we is screwin' up!
Of course, there could come a time when an emergency might prevent our Bible reading for a time. We can always think of exceptions to almost everything that we should do on a daily basis. Recall a few verses from memory during a super-busy day. You are memorizing a few verses at least, aren't you? Talk to God as you go about that super-busy day; prayer is always available to us. I like to talk about super-busy days on a Saturday. Hopefully, each of you will have some time to reflect on getting too busy and enjoy some intense relaxation today for at least a little while. Do a little sky-gazing today. Talk to the Lord, maybe he really is coming today!
Have a great Saturday!
Bucky
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