PREPARING FOR HIS RETURN

🍲 *A.G DAILY DEVOTIONAL–EVANGEL DAILY MEAL*

Friday 22nd March, 2024
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*TOPIC: PREPARING FOR HIS RETURN*

📖 *TODAY'S TEXT:*
Acts 1:9–11; 2 Timothy 4:6-8

🔑 *KEY VERSE:*
"this same Jesus who was taken up from you into heaven will so come in like manner as you saw him go into heaven" (Acts 1:11).

🖊️ *COMMENTARY*
More than two thousand years have passed since Jesus made a promise to His disciples the night before His crucifixion: "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also"(John 14:3). Despite the passage of time, that promise is just as certain and secure as it was when it was first spoken. Jesus is going to return, and He will do without notice or warning at a time which is unknown.

Our duty is to look forward to His return and to live in such a way that we are prepared to meet Him with joy rather than shame. The old Scottish preacher, Alexander MacLaren said, "The apostolic church thought more about the Second Coming of Jesus Christ than about death and Heaven. The early Christians were looking, not for a cleft in the ground called a grave, but for a cleavage in the sky called Glory.

The only question is not whether the Lord will return, but how we will meet Him when He does. We are not meant to know when that moment will be, because it serves as motivation for us to live each day to the fullest to accomplish as much as possible for God's kingdom. Rather than saving up all our work, like a student cramming at the last minute for a test, we are to live every day expecting His return.

Paul wrote to Timothy in our passage that he (Paul) had fought a good fight and was ready to depart in peace. He reminded Timothy of the crown reserved for only those that love His appearing. Are you one of them.
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🎚 *CONTROLLING THOUGHTS*
The second coming of Jesus is now more imminent than ever

🙏🏿 *PRAYER*
Oh Lord, help me to live each day as if You were coming the next moment.

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