Daily Walk Through the New Testament

June 11

Read Mark 13:11-37

Many Christians are so concerned about reigning with Christ in the future in heaven, that they’re not living for Christ in the present. They’re so busy speculating about the 2nd Coming of Jesus that they neglect to tell people about the first time He came. They’re so caught up in trying to decipher and decode certain prophetic passages that they never get around to applying basic Christian principles and virtues.
Jesus doesn’t ask us to crack some mysterious code. He doesn’t want us to spend our days on earth making guesses about the future. He wants us to take the gospel to every nation and to anticipate His 2nd Coming in a watchful, prayerful way (Mark 13:10, 33). He wants us to fulfill the 2 greatest commandments of God — to love the Lord our God with all our heart, mind, and soul and to love our neighbors as ourselves.
The angels don’t know when Jesus will return. Neither does Jesus Himself. Only the Father does. Honor His will and His wisdom, and be content with knowing what He’s revealed. Don’t get distracted from what’s most important — fulfilling Jesus’ explicit commands — and lovingly encourage others to do the same.