Do not delay
Matthew 24:15-17 “Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand), 16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17 Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house. 18 And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes.
Christ was speaking to his disciples in what was known as the “Olivet Discourse”, prophetically telling them of the coming days, and the coming future events when He will return to judge the world. The prophet Daniel spoke of these things, and the urgency that will fill the air when His wrath is poured out upon all the world in judgement. The Jews are told to flee immediately; to drop whatever they are doing and run. Delays could carry death as a consequence; there is no time to look back. When the warning is sounded to flee, just as when the angels came to Lot when God judged Sodom, we are told to not look back. Genesis 19:17 So it came to pass, when they had brought them outside, that he said, “Escape for your life! Do not look behind you nor stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest you be destroyed.”
When God begins to stir in your heart, you either respond or simply deny. There are no other roads; you are obedient in the confession and repentance of sin, or you deny that conviction before God. How many times have you known you were in sin, yet continued to live in that sin, or simply denied or excused it and moved on? When I look back at the level of great sin in my life before Christ, I don’t even understand why He would want me. When I look at all my continued struggles today, it humbles me to this day, of the grace I rest under. Has He been showing you that great sin you are hiding in? Has He been tugging at your heart to come to Him with it? He calls you to admit it, give it over to Him and he will forgive you for it. You are not to try and work our your repentance in order to earn it; you can NEVER do that.
You, like I for many years, may have the attitude of “one day” you will get right with God. You may have the attitude that you want to have your life now as you want it, and then “one day” you will give it up to God. What if those tugs on your heart is God telling you to flee from that sin immediately? Matthew Henry puts it, “Those that are convinced of the misery of a sinful state, and the ruin that attends them in that state, and, consequently, of the necessity of their fleeing to Christ, must take heed, lest, after all these convictions, they perish eternally by delays.” Your days are numbered and you do not know the total; the end of this day might be too late. When you continue to live in sin, or hold that sin in such regard you are in fear you will miss its joy, there can be eternal implications. Genesis 19:26 But his wife looked back behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. There are grave consequences in delayed obedience to the Lord. Follow that call to repent and believe on the One who died to provide you eternal life and rescue from certain death.
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