We usually connect the Last Day with pictures of power: the heavens disappearing with a roar (2 Peter 3:10); the Son of Man on the clouds of heaven arriving with angels and a loud trumpet call (Matthew 24:30-31); God on his white throne opening the books to judge (Revelation 20:11-15). This is certainly how it will be as Scripture tells us.
Have you ever thought of the Last Day as God coming to wait on you? Luke 12:37 gives us that unique image. Jesus will return as the Master of the entire world. Then he will change into servantโs clothes. We will recline at the table. The Lord of all will begin to serve those who are believers.
God encourages us to long for his appearing. What better way to do that than to let us know that he himself will give us the banquet of joy and peace in his mansions! There is nothing to . . . . be concerned about for those who live by faith in Christ. God will humbly serve his people the reward of grace.
While we wait, we are the servants. We are to be dressed and ready with our lamps burning (Luke 12:35). We have lives filled with distractions like never before. The same technology that makes our lives easier in some ways makes our lives more difficult in the sheer volume of messages and sales pitches and opinions that impact us. How are you actively taking on the command to be dressed and ready? Can you push aside a good number of the distractions that keep you from deeper faith and knowledge of the Word? Can you be more alert and watchful in temptation and more confident in your eternal hope in Christ?
God is the first to wait on us. He offered his life for our eternal salvation. He brought us into his family through the Spirit. Be ready! Hold on in faith to Godโs promises of grace. Then when he returns, he will wait on you again with the great blessings of heaven.
It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them (Luke 12:37).