Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
“The Coming Surprise” is from Dr. David Jeremiah’s ‘Walking with God: 365 Daily Devotions’ July 6th’s entry.
"Watch therefore, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming--in the evening, at midnight, at the crowing of the rooster, or in the morning." Mark 13:35
Every day was hard for the Padgett children while their dad was deployed to Afghanistan. They missed him terribly and sometimes tearfully. Then one day at school, Joseph and Cortney joined their classmates for a program in the cafeteria. The band struck up “America the Beautiful,” and a soldier in combat fatigues stepped through the door. Instantly, the two youngsters leaped up and ran through the crowd with tears in their eyes. Their dad, Specialist Buddy Padgett, had surprised his children with an early return home.
We don’t know the day or hour of our Lord’s return, but what a glorious surprise awaits us! Jesus told us to watch, for we don’t know if He’ll come when the alarm clock rings, the dinner bell chimes, or the clock strikes midnight. We must be ready to leap to our feet with joyful shouts of “He’s back! He’s come to take us home!”
“For nearly twenty years a spiritual enrichment has come into my ministry because I have realized the great New Testament revelation of the personal return of our Lord.” Dinsdale Young
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
