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

Conclusion

I started out by talking about whether or not Jesus would return soon or not, and what our response should be whether He does or not during the time we're on the earth.

With that being how we're to view the eventual return of the Lord Jesus Christ, this is a call to faithful service in the midst of the life we live now, which should be one that is lived in a way that looks forward to the return of Jesus, but with the attitude whether He returns soon or not, we have the responsibility to occupy till He comes. That means doing our part to serve Him in whatever capacity He has called us to. This includes with our families, jobs, church, government, charities, or whatever it is He has called us to put our hands to.

What we need to understand is He must reign until all His enemies are put under His feet (1 Cor. 15:25). That will be done through His people as His representatives on earth, which means we must be faithful to effectually execute our assignments, with the help of the Holy Spirit, to expand the kingdom of God in this world, while we patiently wait for Him to come back and call us to Himself.

Until that happens, we are required to be faithful stewards of what He has put us in charge of.

I want to conclude with what Paul wrote to the Philippians in the second chapter (KJV):

3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.


God is working something within us for the purpose of it being worked out here and now, with the backdrop of every knee bowing down before Jesus Christ to confess Him as Lord. Our job is to work toward this end while we are given the opportunity on the earth.

We are to give ourselves in service to that end while we patiently wait for the resurrection at the end of the age. Nothing less than subduing the whole earth is what we've been commanded, and it starts with us doing our part where we live and have responsibility now. If you don't have something to give yourself to, ask God, He'll give you the wisdom to show you where to apply your service.

Jesus Christ will work His Lordship within and towards us first, and from there spread it to those whose lives we are to have an influence on. That's the hidden Kingdom of God being quietly produced across the entire world, with the end being the people of the earth submitting unto it and being conformed to His image. We must accept nothing less than that as our purpose for living on planet 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