"You, too, must keep watch! For you don’t know when the master of the household will return—in the evening, at midnight, before dawn, or at daybreak. Don’t let him find you sleeping when he arrives without warning. I say to you what I say to everyone: Watch for him!”
I love when Jesus is opened and gives a direct message. We have to be ready all the time because we are serving Him all the time. We can't say I just need this day to relax or I am going to take a break from my new life and live for me again. As we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior we are saying thank you for going to the cross for me and giving me eternal life through you. Jesus says "watch out" this is like being ready to love the unlovable. We need to share Jesus with our life change and by believing in our new life.
At powerful living we learn about loving our neighbor as ourselves and the importance of being ready to be like Christ. We have to remember that it doesn't matter what we think of people because God doesn't think that way about them. He loves all people because we are all His creations. "There are no loop holes when it comes to loving other people." Pastor Kevin Goff. Look at what Peter says in 2 Peter 2:20-21 "And when people escape from the wickedness of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and then get tangled up and enslaved by sin again, they are worse off than before. It would be better if they had never known the way to righteousness than to know it and then reject the command they were given to live a holy life."
We must "watch out" and be working to know Jesus so much that we live and love like Him. It is not difficult it just takes surrender and willingness to die to self. Look at 1 Peter 2:4-5 "You are coming to Christ, who is the living cornerstone of God’s temple. He was rejected by people, but he was chosen by God for great honor. And you are living stones that God is building into his spiritual temple. What’s more, you are his holy priests. Through the mediation of Jesus Christ, you offer spiritual sacrifices that please God." He gives us the power through the Holy Spirit to be loving, caring and thinking of other when we don't want to. We don't know when our last day will be or when Jesus will return but we do know that if we know Him and surrender to live like Him we will be like Him. Then we will not be sleeping when He returns. Amen