The evening news had a story on the Mayan calendar and how it is predicting that the world will end tomorrow - and the measures that some people are going to to be prepared. A very few have access to end of the world proof bunkers (although I'm not sure how they're supposed to work) - but most of those who were interviewed seem to see this as a chance for one last party - but I'm guessing that most of those people will have done their Christmas shopping, just in case...
If we truly believe that the world will end on Friday, we don't bother making plans for the weekend. We certainly wouldn't have spent a whole heap of time and energy getting ready for Christmas - and I wouldn't have planned a Carol Service for Sunday morning. Nor would I have written and scheduled three more blog posts to go through to the 24th.
Jesus tells us that the world will come to an end, but no one knows when it will be, and therefore we are to be ready at all times. This does not mean having a bomb shelter at the bottom of the garden, or having the kitchen cupboards stocked with tins of baked beans. What it does mean is that we are living right. It means our relationship with God is right and our relationship with others is right.
The news that the world might end tomorrow should not cause the Christian any great concern...because as a Christian I should be living as if the world could end tomorrow - and that's how I should be living every day.
