No one knows the hour when the Son of Man will come to judge the earth, and just as we don't know the time of His arrival, we will never know who will be accepted and to whom Jesus will shockingly say, "I don't know you." It could be me. It could be one of the most well-known Christian leaders of our world today. It could be you.
Nothing we do is ever enough, both in the eyes of the world and God, for different reasons. The world would never think so, but who we are is already a good enough reason for God to do what He did. And that's where we find the strength to set our hearts right on loving God out of praise and gratitude, instead of trying to love Him out of fear of burning in hell. This is where we also find strength to keep cultivating our lives to be holy and blameless without feeling overwhelmed and defeated.
God promises us agape love, but by giving us free will, He ultimately leaves it up to us to take hold of what belongs to us. Our parents will always love us, but it is up to the children to love them in return and be in a joyful, loving relationship with them. Do we really believe we are just as undeserving as our non-believing friends because we are all sinners? At the core, we are no different. So perhaps the best way to be one of the five prepared virgins is to think we are one of the lazy five, but believe it's never too late to pick up where we left off. Encourage yourself, "The Groom will come for me because I am already His chosen bride. If He did not love me, I wouldn't even be here." Ask the Groom everyday and listen to his reply to your question: What would you like today, God? He will have a different answer for each of us.
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