Blind-Sided

But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief; on that [day] the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, the elements will burn and be dissolved, and the earth and the works on it will be disclosed. - 2 Peter 3:10

"He never saw it coming."

In football, we might call it "getting blind-sided." I've been "blind-sided" before, but on more than one occasion it was largely my own fault. I was looking one way (ahead), when perhaps I should have been looking another (at the present). It hurt for a little while and my ego was seriously bruised, but I survived (not all of me, I hope). In the end, I was a better man for the experience.

On the other hand, there is one future event that should never blind-side a Christ-follower. It is the day of the Lord. It has been predicted. It is coming. No one knows the day or the hour, but it is absolutely going to occur at a definite point in time in everyone's future, and those who know Christ will know it is soon.

Be ready. Be ready. Please, be ready.

To be prepared against surprise is to be trained. To be prepared for surprise is to be educated. - James Carse