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Be Prepared


When I was a young boy being a Cub Scout was a really big thing. I’m sure for girls it was a huge thing to be a Brownie. Cub Scouts got to do all kinds of really cool stuff. There were many times when I got to take some of my Scout “projects” to school to do a “show-and-tell.” The other kids would be amazed that I had some Screech Owl feathers in an envelope, or an un-hatched, blue robin egg. I showed them my “board-of-knots” (a piece of plywood with several different knots of rope) I had learned to tie.

Getting older, reaching the more grown-up age of twelve, I became a Boy Scout. Our Scout motto was; “Be Prepared!” and we learned the importance of knowing what to do in case of an emergency, or how to find our way out of a difficult situation. We even learned how to use a magnetic compass (another really cool thing boys my age back then took pride in learning how to do.)

Now, in today’s world, maybe more than ever we need to “be prepared!” Prepared for what? Jesus said in (Matthew 24:6-8) “…and you will hear of wars and rumors of wars…nation will rise against nation…and there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.”

We must get ready – we need to be prepared, because our King Jesus is soon to come! All the prophecies yet to be fulfilled concern the return of Jesus Christ. Although many argue when He will, let us remember that “no prophesy of Scripture is of any private interpretation” (2 Peter 1:20.) We have seen many prophesies fulfilled already, Christ’s return will also be fulfilled! ARE YOU READY? I am. I am anticipating with great joy His glorious returning!  I pray you are too. In (Titus 2:12, 13) the apostle Paul writes, “we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.”

Will you “be prepared?”  There is nothing in this world more important than your salvation. Your salvation is guaranteed by God when you accept His Son Jesus. You accept Him when you confess to God, the Father, you are a sinner, and that you believe Jesus was crucified on the cross; He rose from the dead and you ask Him to come into your heart and show you how you are to live. If you confess a simple prayer, similar to this, truthfully, and from your heart…I believe you are prepared! Get ready, get ready, get ready!”

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