The biblical approach to the future involves prayer and preparation, more than prediction and planning. This is true whether we are talking about our personal life, the church, Christmas, or the Second Coming of Jesus. If you go to Coast Guard Beach when the wind is up, you see surfers catching the waves. Folks who truly love to surf basically do everything else in life that they have to do, just so they can get back to the water. Surfers don’t plan waves; they prepare to ride them when they roll in.
We don’t plan the future, much of what happens to us is beyond our control, what we can do is prepare to deal with it when it rolls in. As the Bride of Christ we need to make preparations to ride the waves of God!
We don’t plan the future, much of what happens to us is beyond our control, what we can do is prepare to deal with it when it rolls in. As the Bride of Christ we need to make preparations to ride the waves of God!
Matthew 25:1-13 “Then the kingdom of heaven will be like this. Ten bridesmaids took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. 3 When the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them; 4 but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. 5 As the bridegroom was delayed, all of them became drowsy and slept. 6 But at midnight there was a shout, ‘Look! Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’ 7 Then all those bridesmaids got up and trimmed their lamps. 8 The foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ 9 But the wise replied, ‘No! there will not be enough for you and for us; you had better go to the dealers and buy some for yourselves.’ 10 And while they went to buy it, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went with him into the wedding banquet; and the door was shut. 11 Later the other bridesmaids came also, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open to us.’ 12 But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I do not know you.’ 13 Keep awake therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.”
The bridesmaids all looked ready but 5 were and 5 weren't. Personally, we don’t plan much of what happens to us, or to members of our family. An illness, an accident, a death, a crisis – we don’t plan these. They happen. We can plan for Christmas and I think we should. But, the greater thing to plan for is the Christ of Christmas. We can buy the presence, but have we accepted His presence inside our hearts and has our family members received the Christ?
When Abram was told to go catch a wave the first thing he did was tell his family and he didn't even know where he was going, but he was going for God!
ACTION STEP: Go for God! Prepare to catch the wave!
When Abram was told to go catch a wave the first thing he did was tell his family and he didn't even know where he was going, but he was going for God!
ACTION STEP: Go for God! Prepare to catch the wave!
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