Follow the Signs

 "The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who testifies to everything he saw - that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near." Revelation 1: 1-3

    Have you ever watched the ants? How do they know where they're going? They have no road signs, no named villages, no house numbers. Yet, when you block their path, they doggedly seek a way around it.

    Imagine our life without signs, maps or GPSs. How easily we'd get lost. This is akin to how our lives would be without the Bible. Have you ever stopped to imagine what our world would look like if God had not given us His written word, this wonderful owner's manual? Questions like "How did we come to be?" or "What does the future hold?" would all be left to conjecture, mythology and such man-made explanations like evolution. How hollow and sad.

    Many of the Bible's prophecies have come true, exactly how God said they would i.e. the birth of the Messiah. Old testament hero, Daniel, had a vision of the world's empires yet to come to power, such as Alexander the Great and the Roman Empire. And when it comes to those last days that are yet to come, we have not been kept in the dark, without signs to give us direction. What a blessing, that God, in His rich mercy, has told us the truth.

    Some people may refrain from reading such books as the Revelation, fearing they will not understand it or they may find it a cause for fear. Quite the contrary, these words have been written to bless the hearers, to equip them for the battle. 

    If you feel lost, as if you've taken a wrong turn, or you have been wondering what in the world is going on around here, please prayerfully read any of these passages: 1 Thessalonians 4: 13-18, 2 Thessalonians 2: 1-12, 2 Timothy 3: 1-9, 2 Peter 3: 1-18, Daniel chapters 11 and 12 and the book of Revelation. 

    There's no reason to be lost; follow the signs.

"Behold, I am coming soon! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy in this book." Revelation 22:7