Like a Thief in the Night

Sunday 4 December
READ: I Thess 5: 1-4
MORE LESSON: Amos 4:12

The second text says, Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel: Amos 4:12. The Lord says that there is something that He has decided to do and it will surely be done. You cannot prevent it from being done. The only wise thing to do is to prepare for it. What you cannot avoid, you prepare for and what you must live with, you learn to accommodate. The coming of the Lord is inevitable, the only wise thing is to prepare for it.
The Bible says that the day of the Lord comes as a thief in the night. All things being equal, a thief will not tell the time he is coming to rob a house. He would want to arrive at an unexpected time so that the owner of the house will be caught unawares. The coming of the Lord will meet many unawares. But the Lord has no interest in coming when His own children are unawares and unprepared. The coming of the Lord will catch the world unawares - like a thief in the night. But the children of light will be prepared. According to 1 Thess. 5: 4 -5, But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. The Lord doesn't want to catch His children unprepared. He doesn't want His coming to be like a thief in the night to His own. This is the reason He told us the times and seasons and gave several signs.
The Lord is calling in Amos 4:12, prepare to meet thy Lord. If a man is prepared, he will not be caught unawares. It is not the Lord's joy that He comes and everyone is not ready. He is not looking for the most unguarded moment when He will show and everyone will be unprepared. In fact, His desire is that you are ready for Him. This is the reason He is beseeching today that you should prepare for His coming because even if it meets the world as a thief in the night, it should not meet you as a thief in the night. The question is, How prepared are you? What will you say to the Lord if He comes and you can't go with Him because you are unprepared? You can't tell Him He didn't give you enough notice and signs. Jesus will come and if He tarries, death will come. As it is written, It is appointed unto a men once to die and after that judgment: Heb 9: 27. I pray you will not be caught unawares, in Jesus’ name.

Prayer/Action
* Ask the Lord to keep you in constant remembrance of His return, in Jesus’ name.
* Tell the Lord that rapture will not catch you unprepared, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
As the waters cover the sea, so shall my December be covered with recovery, victory and success, in the name of Jesus.