Ready!

 “Be ready for service and have your lamps lit. 36 You must be like people waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet so that when he comes and knocks, they can open [the door] for him at once. 37 Those  slaves the master will find alert when he comes will be blessed.  I assure you: He will get ready, have them recline at the table, then come and serve them. 38 If he comes in the middle of the night, or even near dawn, and finds them alert, those slaves are blessed. 39 But know this: if the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. 40 You also be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not expect.”

Luke 12:35-40 (HCSB)

Are you ready for Jesus' return.  The Bible is clear that He will return.  This parable instructs us to be ready.  The HCSB states it "ready for service."  I like that rendering because it get at the truth the Scripture implies.  We are not getting ready and watching for him as if we were on a "Star watch".  We are not waiting for a famous person or waiting for an unusual event to occur.  This passage implies that we have a job to do, a service for the King in preparation for His coming.

In other words, Christ followers are to be ready and serving until He arrives.  The job will not be done until we hear that trumpet call.  Stay alert!  Stay ready!  Stay busy!