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“And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."
Luke 1:17
When someone is coming to our house, we always make a list and prepare for the visit. Depending on who the guest is, we do something between straightening up the place to a complete spring cleaning. I suppose if someone really important were coming we might even get in to a remodeling effort! To be truthful, when it comes to cleaning up the house, I am a "wait till the last minute" kind of person. When I think I have just enough time to get it done I launch in to the necessary preparations.
Now, you know where I am going with this. Jesus is coming and we need to be ready for His arrival. There is no way to get ready at the last minute, because no one knows when that last minute will be. Today may be your last day on this earth, or it may be years from now when you exit this life. We can't get ready too early for the return of Jesus, but we can get ready too late!
Of course, turning away from the sin in your life is part of walking with Jesus here and being ready for His return, but there is more. When Jesus came the first time as a baby in Bethlehem God made people's hearts ready for His coming by turning the hearts of parents to their children. John the Baptist also turned the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous.
Today as you prepare for the coming of Jesus turn away from being disobedient to God and turn your heart toward your children and all children.
Loving and ministering to the needs of children will help make you ready for the return of Jesus!
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