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Going deeper...to go further

This month we’re using the daily Bible reading plan to do a Spiritual MOT as we prepare for the journey ahead. Often times it is easy for us to focus on the "paint job" of outward appearances, but God looks directly at the engine room of the heart (1 Samuel 16:7). 2 Corinthians 13:5 calls us to examine ourselves to ensure our faith is genuine and active.

The reading plan starts with a couple days of preparation, followed by four weeks of honest reflection before the Lord. Each day, as we read the Scripture, we need to as ask the Holy Spirit: "Is this an area where I need you to help me work on?" If so, what does that change look like in your life? This isn't meant to bring condemnation; it's a beautiful opportunity for calibration and getting right with God.

Our prayer response: "Lord, examine me. Search my heart. Reveal anything that hinders my walk with You. Repair what is broken, realign what has drifted, remove what does not belong, and fill me afresh with Your Spirit. Make me a trustworthy vessel, ready for Kingdom purpose and faithful until the day I stand before You. Amen."

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Spiritual MOT: Warning lights & road-readiness

If Jesus returned today, would I be found ready?

Matthew 24:42-51

42"So be on the alert because you do not know when your Lord will come for you.43"However you can understand this analogy: If the owner of the house had known when the thief intended to come and rob him, he would have been ready and waiting for him and would not have allowed the break-in to take place.44In the same way, you must be ready and waiting because the Son of Man will come at a time when you least expect Him.45"Who, then, will be considered to be a faithful and wise servant whom the master can trust to be in charge of the other servants in his household, to ensure they are provided for in the right way and are ready?46That servant will be well rewarded if his master finds him fulfilling his duties diligently when he returns.47I tell you most emphatically, his master will put him in charge of all he possesses.48-49"But what if that servant is evil and says to himself, 'My master has been away a long time,' so he begins to mistreat his fellow servants and indulges in drugs and drink?50His master will come when that servant is totally unprepared and has no expectation of his arrival.51And the master will deal savagely with him and condemn him to be eternally with the other hypocrites, in the place where there will be continual mourning and eternal suffering.

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

Remain spiritually alert1Now, my brothers, I have no need to write to you about when these events will take place,2for you can be sure that the Day of the Lord will come unexpectedly, as a thief who comes in the night.3While some are saying: "Everything is peaceful and we are safe," sudden destruction will come upon them, in the same way that a pregnant woman suddenly has labour pains. They shall not escape!4However, my brothers, you do not live in ignorance, so that this Day will surprise you like a thief.5For you are all sons of the light and of the day. No, we do not belong to the spiritual night where all is darkness.6So let us be alert and ready, and not like those who are asleep spiritually.7People sleep at night and get drunk at night.8But because we belong to the day, let us be self-controlled in the way we live. Wear your faith and love like a breastplate and your hope of salvation like a helmet.9For God has not condemned us to suffer His wrath, but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.10He died for us so that whether we are alive or have died at that time, we will live together with Him.Closing instructions11So continue to encourage one another and build each other up, as you are already doing.
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