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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 7, 1907

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 84, No. 10.

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Are You Ready?

By L. N. Muck

L. N. MUCK
“BEHOLD, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.” These words foretell an event which is about to take place; they call our attention to the second advent of Christ; they announce the fact that the hour of God's judgment has come, and that Jesus is at the door. If we are not ready for this event, it is evident that there is something wrong with us; that a deeper conversion must be experienced before we are prepared to enjoy the holy atmosphere of the saints.
“Behold, I come quickly,” is the assurance that our redemption draweth nigh. Then it behooves us to be up and doing, to have our lamps trimmed and burning, to have oil in our vessels. It is time for the watchman in Zion to blow the trumpet, and sound the last-day message louder, and still louder; for we are told that “there shall be delay no longer.”
John the Baptist had a message for his day, and his message should be ours to-day. He was the forerunner of Christ, “the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord.” He was the mouthpiece of Jesus, whose mission it was to point men to “the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” We, as Seventh-day Adventists, should bear the same message that John bore. Each child of God should act well the part of John the Baptist; each one should be the voice of Jesus, warning a dying race to make straight the way of the Lord. We must be overcomers in deed and in truth, and must put away “the sin which doth so easily beset us,” and run with patience the race that is set before us. None but the pure in heart will be permitted to stand on the sea of glass.
If we are willing to be used of the Lord, and accept him as our personal Saviour, then he will come into our hearts, and we shall reflect upon others the glorious rays of his countenance, because he is shining in and through us. Opportunities come but once in life, and the use we make of them will count for or against us in the judgment.
Who shall stand in the day of God Almighty? And who shall be able to look upon his countenance and say, “Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us”? Only those who have had their garments washed, only those who have had their sins purged, will care to join in singing the praises of him who is about to claim his own. The best of all promises, and the one which constitutes the Christian's hope, is that of the return of Jesus. Are we ready for him? Are our eyes open for the vision which is about to appear? Are our ears being tuned by the music which will be made manifest by the saints? Are we preparing to join that song unheard by mortal ears? Are our hearts beating in anticipation for that day of redemption? Are we longing to come into his presence, and to worship at his feet forever? “Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give to every man according as his work shall be.” “Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.”
College View, Neb.