05 15 08 Looking Forward
So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him. Bear in mind that our Lord's patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him.He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction. Therefore, dear friends, since you already know this, be on your guard so that you may not be carried away by the error of lawless men and fall from your secure position. But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever. Amen. (2 Peter 3:14-18 NIrV)

Yes things seem to be getting worse as we live from year to year. We see and hear of things happening that never happened before or with such magnitude: disaster after disaster; violent storms in areas once untouched; moral leaders tumbling like dominoes; parents murdering innocent children and children and teens killing their friends and even family members.

Where is God? Why hasn’t He returned? As Peter warned believers in the late A.D. 60’s, we must not believe the lies of the false teachers…yes false teachers today!

We must keep LOOKING FORWARD friends. God’s patience means salvation (verse 15),that is others are coming to Christ in the middle of all this mess. Praise the Lord. We have work to do…amen?

We must be on guard (verse 17) against the lies, the casualness, the dummying-down of the Gospel. We have to stay on alert, continue to grow in the knowledge of Scripture and the grace of our Savior (verse 18). We need to be equipped for a time such as this!

These are the best of times and these are the worst of times for sure. But I am not simply LOOKING FORWARD to the parousia, (the return of Christ), but I look forward to today and tomorrow and every other day the Lord gives me. For this day, someone needs to hear the Word of God. Today, someone is searching for the Savior. Today, someone needs to find their way home. I am LOOKING FORWARD to what God will do next!