---SET THINE HOUSE IN ORDER ~~

--[Please Read/ Matthew 24:36-51] --

---And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order;
for thou shat die, and not live." --2 Kings 20:1]

--Some years ago I was doing work at a certain home. The kitchen counters were full, and I could hardly find my way through the clutter on the floor. It is much more pleasant to work in a house where everything is kept in order. The words in the title were spoken by the prophet Isaiah to King Hezekiah when he was sick unto death." But Hezekiah prayed and wept before the Lord, and God said that He would add fifteen more years to his life.
None of us are promised fifteen more years; we could die today or tomorrow. As one proverb says, the young can die and the old must die. Ecclesiastes 8:8 tells us, "There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit." When death comes to our door, it is final and irreversible. I was forcefully reminded of that when my wife passed away in May 2020. Before that it had always been someone else.

In today's Bible reading, Jesus said that we must be ready for His return because we do not know when it will be. His second coming will be sudden--"in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye" (1 Corinthians 15:52). Or He could come suddenly for us through instant death, as in an accident. Our spiritual house must be in order if we would be ready when Jesus comes for us. This means having our sins washed away by His blood, living holy lives, obeying the Bible, and thinking often of His coming. Is your spiritual house in order?

--"And it is appointed unto men once to die,
but after this the judgment." --[Hebrews 9:27]~

--BSW/CM