Matthew 24

Jesus is coming again. That’s a fact. When He does, life on Earth will end, the universe will crumble. There won’t be any need of stars or moons or suns. But until He comes, life will be hard.

People will be treated unfairly. Sin will be rampant. There will be natural disasters and wars. There will be liars who will turn hearts away from the Truth.

Sound familiar? Those things describe life since the garden. I think God would have us less interested in the signs and more interested in the condition of our hearts. If we’re looking at the signs, our focus is drawn away from the sin that so easily entangles us.

I think God would have us busy working to enlarge the kingdom instead of wasting time trying to put together a puzzle of which He alone holds the pieces, and that He will complete according to His own timing.

God hasn’t even told Jesus when the end will come. Let me suggest we stop looking for signs. They are out there. They’ve always been out there. The end is near. And that’s really all we need to know.

So let’s get busy actually doing what Jesus told us to do, go and make disciples. We don’t have forever, you know.