Amazing rapture, how loud the sound...

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It seems the entire nation has suddenly remembered that Jesus is going to return to judge the world.  Harold Camping, a "Christian evangelist," has predicted that the rapture will occur tonight at approximately 7:00 p.m.  This means that all disciples of Jesus Christ will disappear to meet with the Lord while the rest of the unbelieving world is left to suffer as the Book of Revelation unfolds before them.

I do not mean to write harshly, but our Christian brother Camping seems to have lost his mind.  Mark 13:32-37 tells that the time and the hour of Christ's return is unknown to man.  Jesus also reminds that He will come like a thief in the night (1 Thessalonians 5:2), implying there is no way for us to truly sit and prepare for His coming except for the process of sanctification that the Holy Spirit is working out in us.  The notion that we can prepare for the time and the hour of the rapture is almost as ridiculous as suggesting that there is eternal life outside of Jesus Christ.

While the media makes a mockery of the Lord's second coming, everyone seems to be a bit on edge.  What would happen if this Camping fellow were to be correct?  While I have made my opinion to you about his predictions clear, I still think my question is valid.  What if Jesus were to return?  Would my heart be prepared and peaceful with such an event?

I meditated on this question in prayer.  As I spoke to the Lord about my life, I found myself telling God that I wanted Him to wait to return.  I still have not been married, had children, a career I truly enjoyed and a home of my own.  I have not been able to preach at Madison Square Garden or sing on Broadway.  I have not been able to publish my own book yet nor have I earned my Ph.D.  When I found that I wanted the Lord to delay His coming so I can store up earthly treasures, I spent time asking for forgiveness for wanting anything more than I want the return of the Lord.  I asked God to conform my heart to the image of His own heart.  "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also" (Matt. 6:21).  A troubling thought considering my heart was more into a my future marriage than my Lord's return.

I predict that we will all go to church tomorrow and worship the Lord.  I predict I'll post another blog by the end of the weekend.  We'll still be here.  My concern is the location of my heart.  Where will my treasure be located?  We must forsake earthly treasure for the sake of the coming of the Lord's kingdom.  Let us make use of this false prophesy to glorify the Lord by asking Him to change our hearts about our lives.  The Lord will give us all we need but we must value the coming of His Kingdom greater than we do ourselves.  True story.