"If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into." You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him." Luke 12:39-40
Recently while Travis and I were away for a softball tournament for Sierra, we came back to find that all of Travis' shoes had been stolen. We have this enclosed shelf outside with a lock on it and we keep some of our muddy shoes in it. It is shocking to come back home and find out that someone has stolen something from you. Most of his shoes were older ones but nevertheless, it was still upsetting. During this time, I was reminded of the things we hold on to so tightly. It is easy to say that we don't think we hold on to this or that, but then when it is taken away we see what is really at the core of our hearts. Stealing is wrong because God said so, but I tend to make it about me and that it was an offense against us. Everything belongs to God, nothing is ours but what God has given to us. All this to say that the offense was not against us but against God. I was reminded while reading a devotion this week that we are not our own, we were bought with a price and there will be a day when we will least expect it, (like when the shoes were stolen) that the Son of God will come. Will you be ready? Will I be ready? Let us live each day ready and waiting for our Glorified state with the Lord!
