Be on guard...

Be on guard....

Right now we have a lot of snow...so the driving is somewhat hazardess. Watching others, watching the bumps and ruts, watching the berms of snow, looking for pathways is demanding.  You have to be alert to drive safely through all the streets, parking lots, wherever you need to go...walking can be a challenge as well...plus, wearing enough protective clothing in the subfreezing temperatures...

As this storm system makes its way from the west across the continent, the same requisites are needed everywhere...be on guard, be watchful, be alert...icy conditions can be deadly....(as well as fun for the snow enthusiasts....)

Reading through Mark 13, I found the same admonition," be watchful, be on guard, be alert" as Jesus talked to his disciples about the end times...
So I had to look other references for that idea...be alert...
The following are a few..
-be on guard and do not be unfaithful
-be on guard against sin
-be alert to his coming...

Thank YOU for the warning to be alert, to be watchful in life...we don't want to be caught unaware of what is around us...or found unfaithful to your Word...to the life that you have abundantly given...watching for your return with anticipation...alert..


1 Peter 1:13 Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming.

Malachi 2:15-16 Has not the one God made you? You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God seek? Godly offspring. So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.
"The man who hates and divorces his wife,” says the Lord, the God of Israel, “does violence to the one he should protect,” says the Lord Almighty.
So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful.

Matthew 16:6 “Be careful,” Jesus said to them. “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

Mark 13:9, 23, 33, 37 “You must be on your guard. You will be handed over to the local councils and flogged in the synagogues. On account of me you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them.
So be on your guard; I have told you everything ahead of time.
Be on guard! Be alert! You do not know when that time will come.
What I say to you, I say to everyone: ‘Watch!’”