34 “But watch yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly like a trap. 35 For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of the whole earth. 36 But stay awake at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.” 37 And every day he was teaching in the temple, but at night he went out and lodged on the mount called Olivet. 38 And early in the morning all the people came to him in the temple to hear him.
Rather than getting all wrapped up and fearful about what you see out there or up there, pay more attention to what is going on in your life. How are you responding? Are you responding in fear? Withdrawing? Busying yourself to try to ignore things? Here's what we ought to be doing: Praying that we will be so caught up in God's will that when these things do come we will be safe in His care and able to stand in His presence. Notice how people responded: they wanted to hear what He had to say so they would be ready. May we be so ready to hear.
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