Are we ready?

I'm looking all the photos, information and videos I can find about Japan and the big disaster that happen there. It all look like unrealistic Hollywood movie predicting the apocalypse. My brain can not process the information that this is real. I feel a trill and amusement seeing the big waves overwhelming the city... and than it hit me hard, the truth, that there is people crying out for help or already death in those houses, boats, cars...there are children inside, whole families, babies...Entire town of 10 000 people are gone in a second. My heart sink down, sadness overwhelmed me. How did they spend their last day before the earthquake? Did they worried about the finances, did they worried about not having car, or not prospering in the carrier, did they spend time with the loved ones telling them how much they love them? How many of them were believing in Jesus? Where they will be in eternity?:(

My friends that are not believing in Christ are  fearing the idea that the last days are coming. After this that happens in Japan and is happening all around the world you can not but think about the last days. It is all written in the Bible since long time ago:

 Matthew 24 

As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”

⁴ Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you. ⁵ For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many. ⁶ You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. ⁷ Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. ⁸ All these are the beginning of birth pains.

   ⁹ “Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. ¹⁰ At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, ¹¹ and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. ¹² Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, ¹³ but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved. ¹⁴ And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come....

 

Suddenly all of my worries and problems are vanishing in the light of the truth that Jesus is coming back. All I want it's to be ready for His coming to be faithful and to have my lamp burning for Him. Nobody knows when Jesus will come, only the Father knows. Maybe 100 years from now, maybe 500 years or maybe tomorrow. When Noah build the ark he was telling people about the big flood that will come and destroyed them if the don't repent and turn to God. But they didn't believed, they were laughing at him.On the end it was only Noah and his family that got saved. It will be the same in the last days.

I have a friend and she was so funny,some years ago she said to me : I don't want Jesus to come now, I want first to get married!:) I'm glad she is married now, but if we truly meditate on the idea that Jesus is coming to take us ( who are believing and following Him) as His bride together with Him in His joy, nothing, I mean nothing in this life and earth can be more beautiful and desiring then that.The apostles had that focus all the time.They were thinking that Jesus will come back soon, no wonder they were ready to give there life and nothing else took their attention except Christ Himself. And where is our focus?

Nobody knows when we will die, but it is sure we will all die one day.What if the tomorrow never comes for some of us? Yes, it is horrible idea but is so possible.

My town Skopje was flatten by earthquake many times in the history. The last time that happened it was around 48 years ago in  6 in the morning when people were sleeping...many of them never woke up.The city was flatten to the ground.We can pretty much understand the pain, lost and sorrow of Japanese people in this hard times.

I really hope and pray for myself , for my family and for others, that our hearts will be ready for His coming no matter when that will be.