Sign of the Times

Signs are every where these days and you can’t always believe what you read. Check out the following examples:

In an office: TOILET OUT OF ORDER, PLEASE USE THE FLOOR BELOW!

In a Laundromat: AUTOMATIC WASHING MACHINES; PLEASE REMOVE YOUR CLOTHES WHEN THE LIGHT GOES OUT!

Outside a second hand shop: WE EXCHANGE ANYTHING- BICYCLES, WASHING MACHINES, ETC. WHY NOT BRING YOUR WIFE ALONG AND GET A WONDERFUL BARGAIN?

Notice in a health food shop window: CLOSED DUE TO ILLNESS!

Spotted in a Safari park: ELEPHANTS PLEASE STAY IN YOUR CAR!

Notice in a farmer’s field: THE FARMER ALLOWS WALKERS TO CROSS THE FIELD FOR FREE, BUT THE BULL CHARGES!

On a repair shop window: WE CAN REPAIR ANYTHING!!! (Please knock hard on the door- the bell doesn’t work).


Signs, signs and more signs ….they are everywhere; cluttering up the roadsides with their messages to eat here, buy this or that or go here or there for a better deal. We are bombarded with signs that are often set before us to lead us down the wrong path… a path that leads to self and eternal destruction.

Our adversary, the Devil, wants us to heed the signs he has placed before us. We are to follow their instructions, even if they fail to make sense or lead us to compromise our values. After all, he whispers, it will be okay in this particular situation…who’s it going to harm anyway… and as we believe lie after lie after lie….before we know it, we have lost our way because we paid attention to the wrong signs.

God’s word has something to say about signs. In Deuteronomy 6:5-9, God says, “You shall love the Lord your God with all heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and you shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets before your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.” So whether we are coming or going, there should be a sign for all to see that we belong to HIM.

Do you have his word written on your heart? What sign hangs on your doorpost or your gate that reminds you and tells others that you serve a risen Lord? What signs are you heeding in your daily walk with Jesus…and maybe even more importantly, is your life a sign of what God can and will do when someone surrenders completely to Him?

I just thought we should think about this today and determine to be a sign of the times…..so others may know that Jesus died to set men free and one day…very, very soon, He’s coming back to take us home….the heavens will open and the trumpets shall sound and we shall see Him in the eastern sky…

Now, that’s one sign I can’t wait to see!

Signing off ….Blessed Beyond Measure,
WPQ