Today’s the day! For football fans this is the day we’ve been waiting for all year, a day right up there with Christmas and New Years! It’s Super Bowl Sunday!
Even though my Buffalo Bills blew it and won’t be there (again!), missing a clutch field goal at the end of the game (again!), I’m still looking forward to seeing the Chiefs and the 49er’s face off. It should be a great game!
This one’s going to be even better, because my kids and I will be watching it together. The last few years I’ve watched it by myself, so this should be a lot more fun. We’re getting pizza and lots of junk food and we’re going to have a blast!
As much as I’m looking forward to the Super Bowl, there’s another day I’m looking forward to even more. The Bible calls it “that great and terrible day of the Lord…” (Joel 2:31 NLT). Joel describes it that way, because it’s going to be the greatest day ever for those who’ve accepted Jesus as their Savior, but a truly terrible day for those who’ve rejected Him. I know which side I want to be on!
On that day “the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God.” (1 Thessalonians 4:16 NLT). There will be no need for a television broadcast then, because “every eye will see him…” , “For as the lightning flashes in the east and shines to the west, so it will be when the Son of Man comes.” (Revelation 1:7, Matthew 24:27).
The Super Bowl will happen today, but when it comes to Christ’s second coming, “no one knows the day or hour when these things will happen…” (Matthew 24:36). However, Jesus does promise over and over, “I am coming soon!” (Revelation 22:12, 20; 3:11). So “keep watch! For you don’t know what day your Lord is coming.” (Matthew 24:42).
Kickoff for the Super Bowl is just a few hours away, but when it comes to getting ready for Christ’s return there’s not a moment to lose. Paul warns “the day of the Lord’s return will come unexpectedly, like a thief in the night.” (1 Thessalonians 5:2).
Super Bowls come every year, but when it comes to your salvation, today is the day! Don’t wait for tomorrow, for tomorrow may never come. Give Jesus your heart now and live every day for His glory and honor. If you do, then, “when Christ, who is your life, is revealed to the whole world, you will share in all his glory.” (Colossians 3:4). And that’s better than any old Super Bowl ring!
God bless and have a Super Day!