Looking for that blessed hope and glorious appearing...

May 21, 2011 some say is the last day on this earth for all Christians.  Harold Camping preaches that this will be the day of the rapture, followed by 153 days of God's wrath being poured out on the world, and then October 21, 2011 is the end of time.

What I know is that God has told us that Christ will return, He will return as a thief in the night, that we will not know when He is coming, and that only the Father knows when the time will be right.

Here is what I take away from the hype that this group of individuals is bringing to the second coming.

I need to live each day as if Christ were to return.  Christ will return.  When He returns, I want Him to find me following His way.  Just like an employer who leaves the building setting his people in charge of what needs to happen to make the business successful, Christ has left earth with the church to carry on the task of preaching and teaching the kingdom of God.  If the employer returns and finds his people partying, sleeping or just preoccupied with other pursuits, he'd be either furious or extremely disappointed.  Upon Christ's return, I want to be alert, aware, focused and occupied with what He gave me to do.

So if it were Saturday that Christ were to return (which I seriously doubt is accurate), what would He find me doing?  Would I be living that day as if He were to return?  What about today?  Am I living that way today?

What about you?