LIVE READY

Once a friend suddenly buried his fist in my stomach.  As I stood there, gasping for air, he smiled and said, “You’ve got to live ready, brother; live ready.”  
I wonder, today, if you are living ready–ready to breath your last breath and meet your Maker.  Ponder this quote from long ago:  
“My religious beliefs teach me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time of my death. I do not concern myself with that, but to be always ready whenever it may overtake me. That is the way all men should live, and all men would be equally brave.”

~ General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson

God has determined the number of days you and I will have here on the earth.  Jim Elliot said that he didn’t want to live a long life, but a full one.  How about you?  Are you living ready?  Are you living a full life, making sure the lost around you are hearing the gospel? 

I urge you to consider the words of 1 Peter 4:7–“But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers.”  Please, also pray for us that we would, day-by-day, boldy make the gospel known to as many as we can.