Luke 21:34-36
"Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you unexpectedly like a trap. For it will come upon all those who live on the face of the whole earth. Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man."
The system of this world is meant (and almost seems engineered) to weigh down our hearts with dissipation (distraction, school, studies, work, rat race, materialism), drunkenness (weekend parties, gluttony, debauchery, hedonism), and anxieties (bills, deadlines, stress, future).
And amidst all this, we're called to be
- careful
because the day will come
- unexpectedly
- like a trap
- all
(Study / work is not a distraction if we know why we are doing what we're doing, i.e. for the glory of God, responsibility, etc. I used to think studying is evil because it steals time from God but I have otherwise been convicted that it's not. Maybe share in another post.)
Catch you all on Sunday.
2 comments:
"Be always on the watch..."
Maybe we ought to compile a list of the "Always...", "... at all times", "in everything...", "all things..." from God's word and never run out things to pray or ponder or remind each other to be watchful for.
i think that's a good idea. Yes, theoretically i think that studies, work, responsibilities etc, if seen in proper perspective, are part of the way one lives life to honour God. But very often in my own life i see i allow worries about them to weigh me down.
LX, the list idea sounds good. Maybe can put a column here for it :)
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