Good morning, world. Things are looking pretty good from the front porch of my farm in Virginia today. It’s cold and still outside this morning and when I stepped onto the front porch to see what kind of day God made, I could have heard a pin drop. I like to see for myself what’s in store for the day and I don’t pay much attention to man-made predictions even if they’re made using man-made technology. Some people will intently wait to see what a stinkin’ groundhog says today about the timing of Spring as if that creature has the ability to predict Spring. It’s amazing how the human heart can’t seem to bear to “wait and see” and it is forever chasing some version of the truth to satisfy its thirst to know. As I sat in the Presence of the Greatest Truth Teller and the only One able to accurately Predict upcoming events all the way into Eternity, I thought about how many people lose their way as they long to live in tomorrow before it ever gets here. Isn’t that the way you see it too?

The Bible is the best-selling Book of all time and it is packed full of 4,000 years of Truth about what has been and what will be. The Messiah is mentioned in all 66 books of the Bible and His birth was prophesied hundreds of years before He was ever born. We know when and where He was born. We know how many years He lived. When know He was crucified and rose again on the 3rd day and we know He’s coming back. The “problem” is that we don’t know when. Jesus said, “Nobody knows the day or the hour when all these things will happen. Only God the Father knows when they will happen. The angels who are in heaven do not know. Even the Son (Jesus) does not know” and that’s the part that makes people crazy. Some come up with all kinds of Biblical “theories” using numbers and stars to predict His coming but they aren’t anymore able to do that than the groundhog can predict the Spring. Some people don’t worry about the “when” part and they live as if they have forever, while others throw out the entire Bible and call it nonsense because the day and hour of the Biggest Appearance of all times have not been made known to man.

“Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see” so I don’t need a groundhog, a scientist, or some sort of (evil) psychic to tell me when the King is coming back…I’m sure of what I hope for and certain of what I do not see. Since I don’t know if He’ll come back in the next hour OR a thousand years from now, I LIVE and LOVE (and repent) as if it’s today. I don’t wish I knew any more than He wants me to know and what He wants me to know is so beautiful that it blows my mind. I know He’s already “prepared” a place for me even though I’m not sure when I’ll move there. I know that I’ll never shed another tear and I’ll suffer no more pain. I know my loved ones will be there with me too – at least the ones who Know Him as I do will be. I know I’ll get a new body that will never be sick and die. And the best part is that I KNOW Jesus will be there waiting for me and He’s going to welcome me Home himself. When I know this much with absolute certainty, why in the world would I concern myself with knowing the day or the hour? Besides, because I DON’T know, it keeps me on my toes Preparing for the King every day!

How about you?