OUR DAILY BREAD : PERHAPS TODAY

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February 17
Tuesday


PERHAPS TODAY

READ:
Matthew 24:36-46
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You also be ready,
for the Son of Man
is coming at an hour
you do not except.
__Matthew 24:44
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A year ago, I read an article saying that millions of TV sets in the United States would stop working today unless they were able to receive digital signals. Notices appeared in electronic stores, and the government even offered a free $40 coupon toward the purchase of a converter box.

I suspect that most people took the necessary steps to make sure their TV set would work when they turned it on today. We usually respond well to warnings tied to specific dates, but often fail to prepare for an event that will come "some day."

When the disciples asked Jesus about the date of His return (Matt. 24:3), He told them that only God the Father knows "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only" (v.36). Then He urged them to be prepared so that they would not be taken by surprise. "Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect" (v.44).

We don't know when Jesus will return; He may come at any time. Dr. M. R. De Haan, founder of RBC Ministries, kept a two-word motto in his office: "Perhaps Today."

When we make our daily plans, are we aware that Christ may return? Are we prepared to meet Him? __David McCasland
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```````````The darkness deepens! Yes, but dawn is nearer!``````````
```````````The Lord from heaven may soon be on His way;``````````
`````````The "blessed hope" in these dark days grows dearer,````````
`````````Our Savior Christ will come--perhaps today! __smith````````
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If Christ comes today, will you be ready to meet Him?

*************Today's Bible Reading __Matthew 24:36-46************

36 But of that day and hour
no one knows, not even the
angels of heaven, but My
Father only. 37 But as the
days of Noah were, so also
will the coming of the Son
of Man be. 38 For as in the
days before the flood, they
were eating and drinking,
marrying and giving in
marriage, until the day that
Noah entered the ark, 39 and
did not know until the flood
came and took them all
away, so also will the
coming of the Son of man
be. 40 Then two men will be
in the field: one will be
grinding at the mill: one
will be taken and the other
left. 42 Watch therefore, for
you do not know what hour
your Lord is coming. 43 But
know this, that if the master
of the house had known
what hour the thief would
come, he would have
watched and not allowed
his house to be broken into.

44 Therefore you also be
ready, for the Son of Man is
coming at an hour you do
not expect.

45 Who then is a faithful
and wise servant, whom his
master made ruler over his
household, to give them
food in due season?

46 Blessed is that servant
whom his master, when he
comes, will find so doing.

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Theologian John Walvoored wrote: "Ever since the Lord Jesus was
taken from His disciples to glory on the day of His ascension, the
hope of His imminent return has been the constant expectation
of each generation of Christians.... As gradually the great truths
about the purpose of God in the church were unfolded,... the
hope of His return continued undimmed." __Dennis Fisher