This week I wanted to talk about a powerful lesson that I learned from the Savior as I studied Matthew 24. This lesson I should always be striving to live my life in a way that I would be prepared if the Savior came tomorrow. This particular lesson is taught countless times in the scriptures, but it really stood out to me as I read this specific chapter in the New Testament this week. I was stuck by the directness of the Savior as He explained that no one, not even He Himself, would know the day of His coming before it happened. Heavenly Father is the only person who knows that information, and there is divine purpose in that. We are directed and guided my the prophets and apostles every general conference (and any other time in the year when we are taught by them) that the coming of the Savior is quickly approaching. We are constantly seeing the increasing amount of signs the He will come soon as well. Why is it, then, that some of us (myself included) don not always head the prophetic counsel to prepare, prepare, prepare for His coming in absolutely every aspect of our lives. We are obviously human, we are not perfect. We make mistakes. That's why we have the tremendous blessing of the atonement in our lives. With that being said, however, I know that I for one could definitely be doing more in the way of preparing for the Second Coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We read in the scriptures of the great calamities and destruction that will warn us that the time is near, and those things can be very scary. I read a verse in Matthew 24 this week that brought me a lot of comfort, though. "...but for the elect’s sake those days [of great tribulation] shall be shortened"(Matthew 24:22). I know that if we are constantly doing our best to prepare ourselves for His coming, we will be a part of the "elect" and we will not have to suffer those great calamities for very long before we will be welcomed into our Savior's loving arms.
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