21 Oct 2015
The Lord is a thief.
At an unknown hour, “the Son of Man will come,” and our “house”—our life—will
be broken into. And what will he find? Maybe there’s a secret we haven’t told
anybody. Maybe there’s a sin stashed
away in a closet or in the attic. Maybe
there’s a bad habit we just couldn’t ever break.
Of course, there’s all the good stuff, too. He’ll come in and see a box full of greeting
cards from people who appreciate the help we’ve given them. And there are pictures on the wall of people
we love: family and friends. Maybe there’s
an unfinished project on the workbench we were planning on giving to someone
for Christmas.
At an unknown hour, the Lord will come like a thief and break
into our life. And what will he
find? Probably a mix of the good and the
bad. But, unlike a regular thief who
steals the good stuff, the Lord breaks in and steals the bad stuff. He wants to see that sin we’ve hidden away;
he wants to see it and take it away. He
wants the secrets we can’t tell anyone; he wants to hear them and take them
away.
The Lord is a thief.
But this particular thief we welcome.
Come, Lord Jesus, and break into our lives. Steal away from us what you will!
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