When I was a boy we sang a Hymn called, “Work for the night is coming.” in the church service. In Sunday School we would sing:
Two will be together grinding at the mill
Two will be together sleeping sound and still
One will be taken and the other left behind
Will you be ready when Jesus come
In the midst of all the deception, [Editor’s note: Specifics are left out, but this is message is a spiritual advisor’s note of encouragement to church members embroiled in a church division who are holding steadfast to God’s Word], God wants to give us direction. But our hearts have to be ready to do His will.
A heart that is ready to do God will is a heart first of all that:
1. Loves God:
Jesus said in John 14:21-23 If you love me you will keep my commandments. It’s not hard for me to serve Lyn because I love her. I want to be with her. Jesus said too that if we keep His commandments that He and His Father would disclose themselves to us. We want to serve God when we love Him.
2. Knows God:
When you love God and act accordingly God discloses Himself to you. You see Him and His work and you get to know His as who He is. God is a God of grace and mercy. Those are just a couple of His attributes. In Jeremiah 9:23-24 God says glory in this that you know and love me, that I am a God of loving kindness.
3. Trusts God:
Rom 10:17 says faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word o God. When we are ready God has given us faith. And faith knows. Heb 11:1 says faith is the substance of things hoped for the conviction of things not seen.
4. Obeys God:
In I John 5:3 we are told that God’s commandments are His love. He has given a the Great Commandment, the Great Commission, and it takes a Great Commitment. We will be willing to make that commitment if we love, know and trust God.
Are you ready to do His will?
This readiness is not just taught, it’s caught! You see it in someone else and you want it too. It’s the power of example in a life that love, knows, trusts and obeys God. Readiness in when Jesus belongs to you, and you live everyday knowing you belong to Him.