Seriously, Give It A Rest.

I'm not tense, I'm just excruciatingly alert.~ From a recently spotted bumper sticker.

After the drama of the most recent end-of-times scare I figured that the world is coming to an end folks would relax for a bit, if just from sheer exhaustion. But you folks are irrepressible, you're like owning an Irish Setter puppy that somehow got hold of a case of Red Bull, frantically scanning the news for reports of odd occurrences signifying the end is near.

Now in Mathew 24 we are told to "keep watch" (vs. 42), but Jesus also tells us "see to it that you are not alarmed." (vs. 6) and it's here that I think we all too often falter. We read reports of natural disasters, nations at war, odd animal stuff, and we get our skirts all in a flutter. The wise servant is the one put in charge of the household with orders to take care of the Lord's business until His return. (vs. 45, 46) So seriously, give it a rest. Be alert but do the work the Lord has set in front of you, you know, feed the poor, take care of widows and orphans, love one another, spread the Word that Jesus is Lord.

The urgency is not to divine the date that Jesus is coming back, but to gather as many as possible into the Harvest, whether the rapture is tomorrow or in 1000 years.