No. 79 Learn to Fly

Be on guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation (def. distraction; frivolous amusement) and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day does not catch you unexpectedly, like a trap. For it will come upon all who live on the face of the whole earth. Be alert at all times, praying that you may have the strength to escape all that is to take place in the last days and to stand before the Son of Man.  Luke 21:34-36

The fearsome Day of The Lord, spoken of by the prophets Joel (2:10, 3:3-4), Isaiah (13:10, 24:19, 34:4), Zephaniah (21:15), and Daniel (7:13-14) was also envisioned by John the Evangelist (Revelation). It is no secret, and it should be no surprise that this world will come to a violent end. This Mark tells us to pray for escape.

The day will surely come when the scales of Justice and Mercy will tilt toward Justice. This is the day for which many foolish people yearn when they demand that evil be punished and good rewarded. The human problem with justice is that God is the Judge Whose standards are high, and Whose judgments can be mysterious, and final. The Supreme Court of God has one member.

To practice mercy, forgiveness, and tolerance is to prepare one’s self to meet the real living God, Who will not be who we imagined because He is unimaginable. This is why we need lots of practice accepting things we disagree with.

Learn to read, learn to drive, learn calculus and physics, but for God’s sake and your own, learn the commands, these Marks, learn to hear the voice of God, and to learn to pray. For only through the prayer from your knowledgeable Spirit-filled heart can you receive the strength and ability to escape justice that will come to you, even when you think you are more perfect than heretics, heathen, and hypocrites, who also think they are right.

Stay alert; stay alive.

On the fearsome Day of The Lord, there will be no place to hide.

Learn to fly.