The apostle Peter wrote about scoffers who did not believe that Jesus was going to return, for they fallaciously reasoned, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation” (2 Pet. 3:4). Every day looked the same and went by in the same way and there was no sign of His coming, so they went about doing whatever they wanted to do, mocking the very idea of His promised return.
Is it possible that Christians today (not just outsiders, but actual Christians) could become so enamored with life and with the affairs of this earth that their life itself may be scoffing the very idea of Christ’s return? Brother and sister, do we live each day with the reminder in our heads and the anticipation in our hearts that “today could be the day”? Too many of us are living like today is not going to be the day, and because of His apparent “delay,” we can “do as we please.” May God help us to live each moment like Jesus “will find” us “doing” as He pleases (Matt. 24:43-51)!