Live While Watchfully Waiting (Mark 13:26-37)

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SERIES: Live Like You’ll Live Forever

“Eyes on the prize.” That axiom stresses that when pursuing some good goal, focus is important. You don’t want distractions or a lack of self-discipline to keep you from obtaining whatever that prize might be. You summon the willpower to fixate on that good thing. You work hard to achieve it. You let nothing divert your attention from obtaining the prize. “Eyes on the prize.”

The prize that we want most is spending eternity with Jesus. As the Church Year comes to a close, Jesus promises that he will come again “in clouds with great power and glory” to give us that prize. That prize will be so unbelievably good, it is worth fixating on. It merits our striving to set aside all that would distract us from Christ. So let us work wisely, focusing on what lasts, guarding against what doesn’t, and staying on task. This is what it means to live while waiting watchfully.