Be dressed ready for service

Be dressed ready for service

"Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning—like men waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet; so that when he comes and knocks, they can immediately open the door for him." Luke 12:35-36

In the passage of which these words form a part, we have a picture of devoted servants waiting in expectancy for the return of a master whom they love and delight to serve. He is coming home from the wedding with his bride.

The exact time of his return is not known, so they wait and watch with their lamps trimmed and burning brightly, and with their flowing garments girded—that they may rise quickly and move without hindrance. They listen for his well-known footsteps, that as soon as he knocks they may open the door to him immediately.

Be like such servants, says our blessed Savior to His disciples. Let your love to Me be manifest by your watchful waiting in My absence, and the joyful welcome you give Me at My return.

No earthly master bears such love to his servants, as Christ has manifested to us. He laid down His life for us—He redeemed us with His own precious blood! Now He has gone to prepare a place for us—and He has assured us that He will come again and receive us unto Himself. And shall we not wait and watch for His return with expectation and joyful hope? While He tarries , may we aim . . .
  to do His will,
  to serve Him faithfully,
  and to occupy until He comes.

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