Getting Ready

It is Sunday morning, 14th November 2021 and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for the day.
If we go to 2 Chronicles 29:3, King Hezekiah:

“In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the Lord and repaired them”

Then if we go to 1 Thessalonians in the New Testament:

“Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
1 Thessalonians 5:23

You know the word sanctify, means holy. It means to be free from sin and what we always say is that holiness is the end product of obedience. When we become obedient, we automatically become holy. We need to come out of hiding... We need to clean up our act, so to speak.

There are so many churches closed, we need to get them open. We need to get them open as King Hezekiah did in Jerusalem. The temple was closed, it was full of rubbish - He cleaned it out. But it needs to start with us, in our own personal lives. You see, Jesus is coming back very soon. We need to ask ourselves a question - Are we ready to receive Him? We need to get started.

I remember many years ago reading when there was trouble again in the Middle East - There was a huge city that was absolutely flattened. There were children’s homes all over the place that were broken down. Little children were running in the streets. There was nowhere for them to go. The United Nations and all the different organizations, World Vision and the children’s organizations didn’t know what to do. So they got hold of Mother Theresa from Calcutta and flew her to that city in a huge jetliner.

When she arrived at the airport, there was a red carpet put out for this small, little lady and out she walked with her womenfolk and they had a big black limousine to collect her. They whisked her off to the first orphanage and when she got out of the car, the place had been levelled to the ground - There wasn’t a building standing higher than a metre. All the experts from all over the world were there with their clipboards. They wanted to hear about the game plan that this little lady was going to implement. She walked up and she looked around and she found a broom... she took the broom and started to sweep all the debris away, in front of her. They said, “What are you doing?” She said, “I am starting.”

I want to say to you today, we need to start. We need to start getting ready. Christmas is around the corner - This might be the last Christmas we will have on this earth before Jesus comes back. But you know, the good news is:

“He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.”
1 Thessalonians 5:24

Jesus will do it for us. We just need to open the door and let Him come in.

God bless you and have a wonderful Sunday.
Goodbye.