Will You Be Ready?

“Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations, And gather yourselves there; Bring down, O Lord, Your mighty ones (Your warriors). Let the nations be stirred [to action] And come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, For there I will sit to judge and punish All the surrounding nations. Put in the sickle [of judgment], for the harvest is ripe; Come, tread [the grapes], for the wine press is full; The vats overflow, for the wickedness [of the people] is great. [Mark 4:29; Rev 14:15, 18-20]

Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision (judgment)! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision [when judgment is executed]. [Zech 14:1-9] The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness. The Lord thunders and roars from Zion And utters His voice from Jerusalem [in judgment of His enemies], And the heavens and the earth tremble and shudder; But the Lord is a refuge for His people And a stronghold [of protection] to the children of Israel. [Amos 9:11-15; Mic 4:1-3; 5:2; Zeph 3:13-20; Zech 6:12, 13; 12:8, 9]

Then you will know and understand fully that I am the Lord your God, Dwelling in Zion, My holy mountain. Then Jerusalem will be holy, And strangers [who do not belong] will no longer pass through it.”

‭‭Joel‬ ‭3‬:‭11‬-‭17‬ ‭AMP‬‬

The day is coming, and it’s coming fast. Will you be ready? Will you be without spot or blemish? Will you have your lamp and your oil ready? Will you have extra oil or not enough? I choose to have extra. Every little situation that causes me to give a little extra grace to someone squeezes a little extra oil out of me, and that is the oil that God is going to see as extra. I will not be caught without my oil. I will be ready when that day comes and will not allow my oil to be stolen from me. When I can find gratefulness for that extra oil, that is when His peace beyond all understanding rushes in.