Today’s Thought “Blessed Insurance” G. Ward

“For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief.” 1 Thessalonians 5:2-4

 

Children of my era shared great delusion in being trapped in a candy store for an extended period of time (particularly without restraint). When exposed to extreme amounts of sweets in our day parents were with great similarity in expressing that too much would promote sickness. Although a repetitive message of constraint is embedded in our subliminal mindset, self-centeredness can/will obscure proposed safeguards (cf. 2 Ti.3:1-5).

Day after day, pursuits in happiness obscure the brevity of man (cf. Ps.90:10-12). An unfortunate paradigm in modern culture more seeks a “candy store” scenario representative of American opportunity, than contemplations in sickness (i.e. eternal separation) that assumes my way has relationship (or Holy God accepts the blending of His salvation with my personality traits) with the complete transformation demanded (2 Cor. 5:17).

Happy Tuesday!