This verse appears in the context of Paul’s exhortation to believers who were expecting the Lord’s return. Paul had taught them that the world would be caught off guard, but believers would be prepared. That is because we are the children of today. We stroll through the light. The world longs for the night, where obscurity conceals their evil. The darkness keeps them from seeing what’s approaching. Because the Lord will return and summon His people to join Him, we should live in anticipation of that day. We should treat each day as if it were our last. We want to be about the Lord’s business when He comes back for us. We surely do not want to find ourselves compromising in sin when the time comes. That is why Paul urged the Thessalonian church to be sober. That entails […]