Scripture:

Mark 13:33-37
33 "Take heed, keep on the alert; for you do not know when the appointed time will come. 
34 "It is like a man away on a journey, who upon leaving his house and putting his slaves in charge, assigning to each one his task, also commanded the doorkeeper to stay on the alert. 
35 "Therefore, be on the alert — for you do not know when the master of the house is coming, whether in the evening, at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning —  
36 in case he should come suddenly and find you asleep. 
37 "What I say to you I say to all, 'Be on the alert!'"
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Thoughts:

There's an admonition here to not be found "asleep."  It makes me think of our tendency to mark days as to their importance.  Holidays, birthdays, anniversaries and the like are all significant to us.  Then there are the days we feel are more spiritually significant.  Sundays, any day in which we serve in a ministry or on a mission trip, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, for example.

This isn't wrong per se, but I think the point here is that every day is significant.  The Lord could return on any day, clearly that will make it significant!

As a result, you and I need to be focused on Him each day.  No day is insignificant.  When He returns, let us be found by Him free from the entanglements of this life, involved in the work He has for us, and eager to see His return!


Prayer:

Jesus, the daily grind can grind me into complacency and apathy.  Help me to keep my zeal for You and Your work, and not be lulled to sleep.  This is a significant day because I am with You! 

Amen