Ready When He Is

DEVOTION
2 THESSALONIANS
READY WHEN HE IS
2 Thess 2:1-2
2:1 Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers, 2 not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by some prophecy, report or letter supposed to have come from us, saying that the day of the Lord has already come.
NIV
May 21st is nothing but another day in the Kingdom of God here on planet Earth. All the fuss this whoever is stirring up is nothing but a big farce. All throughout history man has been attempting to put a date on the coming of the Lord. But I am not worried about any date for I have nothing to fear. I am ready when he is. Oh sure I have not yet attained perfection, but I am still ready to be gathered to him. I am not unsettled or alarmed by any prophecy or report about the Lord already have come and gone, or about some day he is supposed to come. I am ready when he is. Right I am not without sin even at this point in my long journey with him, but I am ready. Why would I even think I could ever be free from sin in thought, word or deed? If I thought that way I would be in sin of having spiritual pride and so I still would not be free from the grip of sin in my life. No I am nothing but a sinner saved by grace and I am ready when he is. No alarm, no unsettledness in my spirit for I know God is the only one who knows when he will send Jesus and I am ready when he is. Do I have things I would still like to do here on earth? Sure, who doesn’t? I would at least like to see my second book published. I would still like to watch my granddaughter grow up and get married and see my great grandchildren. I would still like to finish, which it will never be, my model railroad. I would still like to shoot under 80 someday on the golf course. I would still like to preach at other churches sharing the message of Psalm one. I would still like to some specific person come to the saving knowledge of Christ, to be born again. And these things are not in any special order, just randomly listed. I am sure there might be a few other things I would like to get done, I just can’t think of them now, yet I am still ready when he is, even if I never see any of these done. No matter who says what, or when he is going to come, I am ready when he is.