1 Thessalonians 4:16 - “For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.”

Imagine you are playing a game of hide and seek. Someone counts to twenty with their eyes closed and you have to find a place to hide while they’re counting. What if you took your time and waited until they had counted to the number fifteen to begin to find a place to hide? Chances are you would be caught trying to find your place to hide. You were given time to prepare a place to hide, but for some reason you took your time and were unprepared when the seeker called out, “Ready or not, here I come.”

Now think of Jesus and His return. Unlike the game of hide and seek, Jesus’ return is real and is not a game. There will be no place to hide when He returns with His heavenly host of angels. There will be nothing to fear for those who are ready, watching and waiting for His return. As Christians we should be looking forward to His return. Like hide and Seek we have all been given plenty of time to get ready. Those who don’t prepare by asking Jesus into their hearts to live for His glory will be caught unprepared. Sadly, that means spending eternity separated from God.  No one knows when Jesus is going to come again but we can trust that He will. And those who watch for His return have no need to be told when the hour will come for they are always ready.

The only way we can be prepared is to live a life committed to Jesus. And in being committed to Jesus we desire to have a personal and intimate relationship with Him as our Lord and Savior. Jesus said in Revelation 22:7, “Behold, I am coming quickly.” Is there someone you know who needs to hear about Jesus this week? One day it may be too late, we can’t play around with our eternity. Keep lookin’ up!