Ready and Watching

"...Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming..."

One of my family's dogs, Fluffers, is a keen guard, at least she likes to think she is. And when ever she sees us cleaning, she knows we're expecting someone. She barks at every little sound and won't come inside, but rather likes to sit on the front porch watching for a car to pull up, so she won't be caught off guard. The other day we were tidying up for some company, but we weren't quite sure when they were arriving. Fluffers knew we were expecting someone, so as she always does; she went out on the front porch and listened for any kind of noise. And as barked at every car passing by, rabbit hopping across our driveway, or any mention of the words "here", "there they are" and "coming", though they had no connection to someone arriving; it reminded me of one of the scriptures talking about Jesus return.

"....Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming....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. Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect."

He said the we are to constantly be ready for the return of Jesus, for we know not of the hour nor day in which He returns. We are to continually ready ourselves as if today was the day of His return; to cleanse ourselves of all impurities, clean out all the unnecessary weights and sins that so easily beset us. This way we can be ready at anytime for His return and not be caught, in a sense, off guard. Just like our dog, who stood watch, expecting someone at any moment whether - or not we really were expecting someone or just doing daily chores. We keep clean, ready for our guest to arrive at any moment, as well as watching, anticipating the arrival of our Guest!