Daily Devotional for October 20, 2021
Some Ordinary Day
“Mom,” said Julian, “isn’t that where we picked blackberries one day last summer?” He pointed out the car window to a field that looked familiar to him.
Mom glanced over. “Sure is,” she said.
“You know what else?” added Julian. “Driving home from picking berries that day was the last time I rode in the blue car.”
“The day before the accident,” Mom said thoughtfully. Julian nodded. He remembered what had happened the day after they picked berries—his dad had gotten into an accident while driving the blue car. Thankfully, Dad had not been badly hurt, but the car had looked like a crushed tin can.
“The phone call we got that day sure was a surprise, wasn’t it?” Julian said. “When we were driving home from picking berries, I had no idea that Dad would be hit by a truck the next day and the car would be smashed and I’d never ride in it again.”
“I’m sure that didn’t occur to any of us,” said Mom. “The Bible reminds us that we never know what will happen from day to day.”
“Yeah, it started out like an ordinary day,” Julian said. “I had breakfast, and then I played outside. We were having lunch when—surprise! The day wasn’t ordinary anymore.”
Mom smiled at Julian. “There’s going to be a big surprise on another ordinary day,” she said. “People will be doing ordinary, everyday things, expecting life to go on as it always has, and then suddenly…” Mom snapped her fingers. “Jesus will come back.”
Julian nodded. “It could happen any day, couldn’t it?”
“Yes, it could,” said Mom. “It will be a terrible time for those who haven’t put their trust in Jesus, but a great and wonderful event for those who are ready—for all who know Him as their Savior.”
“Which is why we need to tell others about Him,” said Julian. “So they can be ready when He comes too.”
Mom nodded. “Exactly. Let’s pray for those who don’t know Jesus and tell them that they can be ready for His return by trusting in Him.”
-Violet E. Nesdoly
How about you?
If Jesus comes back today, will you be ready? Someday—some ordinary day—He will come again to judge the world and make everything new. Sin—the bad things you’ve done or thought—cannot be part of that new world, but Jesus took the punishment for all those bad things. Trust in Him so your sins can be forgiven. Then you can eagerly look forward to living with Him forever when He returns.
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