Are You Prepared For Your Evil Day?

CALL TO PRAYER

By: Stephen Osei Kuffour

Date: 29.01.2023

Title: Are You Prepared For Your Evil Day?

Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

 (Ephesians 6:13 NKJV)

Our Lord Jesus once told a Parable about ten Virgins who took their Lamps and went out to meet a bridegroom. The five wise ones were well prepared and therefore, they took along extra Oil to refill the Lamp along the way. The other five on the other hand who were foolish didn’t take any Oil with them. It happened that when the bridegroom came in the middle of the night, the wise ones were able to turn on their Lamps to travel with him to the Banquet. The foolish ones had to go and buy Oil and when they returned, the door to the Banquet was closed (Matt 25:1-13).

It is very sad that most people, including Believers wait until they have problems before they spend time with God. When everything seems to be going well in Life for them, the Lord will never hear from them. However, when they or someone in their family is sick or when they need a Job, Marriage, Children, etc., then the Lord will definitely hear from them.

They will then go for their dusty Bible which they have not opened for years and start hailing the Lord with big Names and Titles thinking, that will convince the Lord to come to their aid. Such people who do not have a good relationship with the Lord usually think that He is so far away from them. I sometimes wonder how the Lord feels when we go to Him only in times of need. Even we wicked humans will not be happy when our friends come to us only when they need something.

As Christians, we need to be prepared at all times, both in good and bad times because you don’t know when your evil day will come. Everybody reacts differently on the day of a crisis.  Some people, with soft hearts, collapse and die on the day of a crisis. Others go mad on the day of a crisis. You see, on the day of your crisis, everything changes.

Without strength, the pressure, the crises, and the problems will destroy you. That’s why we have to be strong in the Lord so that we can withstand the evil day. There are others who have experienced so many crises in their lives and are still standing.  Will you be left standing on the evil day or will you fall and give up when the pressure rises?  It is time to prepare yourself for the day of crisis and pressure.

Beloved in the Lord, are you prepared for your evil day or are you waiting for something to happen before you build a good relationship with the Lord? The word of God encourages us to strengthen ourselves and be always prepared because we do not know when the evil day will come.

Prayer Point:

Let’s thank God for His Word today. Let’s ask the Lord to give all Believers the Hunger and Thirst for His Word and Presence.

God bless you all