Keep awake therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.

Matthew 24:42

On Sunday we begin the season of Advent, a time to prepare our hearts for the coming of the Lord.

Jesus instructs us to “keep awake” because we must always be ready for the Lord to return.

The spiritual challenge of staying awake, believing and trusting God will return and make all things right,

if there are so many terrible and unjust things in this world it can overwhelm us.

Without faith, one could discern no evidence of God in the world.

By keeping awake, we hold fast to faith with the knowledge that God will return and make all things new.

Message delivered by Pastor Ben Sandin.