Isaiah 3:9

For the look on their faces bears witness against them; they proclaim their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! For they have brought evil on themselves.

This is my third attempt at getting a Word of the Lord right. The word preparedness came to me 2 days ago. My first instinct was wrong. My second attempt was a little better, but I still did not have the message right.

Third time’s the charm. Right? We shall see.

Exodus 32:29

For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves today to the Lord, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.

I left off yesterday with the message that the Spirit instructs us with what we are to do today. Having been given the Word Preparedness I went into tomorrow for an answer that fits today. It turns out I can’t even take my own advice.

Consecrate yourselves to the Lord TODAY, it is the only day you have and there is no promise of a tomorrow.

Matthew 5:45

That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

We are all in this together, sinners and saints alike. The only thing that separates us is the faith we have placed in Jesus Christ.

That faith serves us for a blessing today, not tomorrow.

His blessing comes today because we are faithful today. Who knows what tomorrow brings?

Looking at the woes in life will only see death and destruction. That saves no one.

He is giving us a blessing so that we can be a blessing, today.

Hebrews 3:13

But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

I pray this will encourage you.

Matthew 24:9

“Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name’s sake.

Picking up where we left off yesterday, Eve suffered the consequences of her participation without her sin being named and now that we are the bride of Christ, we will suffer the consequences without our sins being named.

It is not what we have done in the arena of sin that the world hates us, they actually applaud sin. They hate us because we are with Christ. It is guilt by association. They condemned Him without cause and they are condemning us without cause.

Jesus warned us of this. What is that going to look like?

Does it matter? 

We have a promise we cling to with undying faith. In the end we will be with Him in eternity.

Matthew 16:3

And in the morning, ‘It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.

This life is not a weather forecast and lets face it their forecasts are wrong more often than right.

What are the signs of the times telling us now?

Joel 2:1-3 English Standard Version

The Day of the Lord

1 Blow a trumpet in Zion; sound an alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming; it is near,
2 a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness! Like blackness there is spread upon the mountains a great and powerful people; their like has never been before, nor will be again after them through the years of all generations.

3 Fire devours before them, and behind them a flame burns. The land is like the garden of Eden before them, but behind them a desolate wilderness, and nothing escapes them.

If this is what we are hoping for, then we have a forecast for tomorrow that is no better than the weatherman.

The Spirit does not tell us what to do tomorrow, He tells us what to do today.