What if Jesus Doesn't Return Soon? (Part Three)

Taking Responsibility

One of the first things that happens when we realize we may have to live out our lives fully on this earth, and eventually die, is we must take responsibility for the time we're here. God does have expectations for us, and we must search out and find what they are Scripturally, and then be faithful stewards of that calling as we prepare and become as good as we can at what we do be within those parameters.

Some will think at this time that you can believe in the Lord returning soon and still be faithful to a calling. And in some cases that could be true. The vast majority of believers don't hold to that though, and instead are looking for an escape, which definitely hinders how effective they are for the Lord in the time they are given on the earth. I've seen it far too many times to be convinced otherwise.

As a matter of fact, many people aren't even convinced there's something to subdue on the earth, believing the command is no longer relevant, or limit it to a very minimal sphere of life; such as evangelism toward the individual.

While that's of course very important, it's far from the entirety of what it is God has had in mind for His people before the foundations of heaven and earth were laid. We need a much larger vision of what the eternal purpose of God is and what His overall thought was when He created man.

As vital as being saved from the judgment of God is, it's only the first step in our walk with God; a doorway that is opened into all that God had originally planned for us from before creation. Salvation brings us back into being right with God, and from there He starts to reveal to us and open up all that He had in mind for man. Salvation not only delivers us from the wrath of God, but it sets us back onto the path of the purpose of God, which in the end, is to have His people conformed to the image of Jesus Christ. That will be brought into practical reality both corporately and individually throughout the earth.


What if Jesus Doesn't Return Soon 

False End-time Prophecies and Loss of Functioning of Body of Christ

In the Heart of God before creation

Sit ... Until I Make Thine Enemies Thy Footstool

Some Thoughts on the Last Days

Great Encouragement

Taking Responsibility

Christian Service

Little Things

Progress and the Kingdom

Conclusion