Seeds of Wisdom

THE END OF ALL THINGS IS AT HAND

“But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober and watch unto prayer.”

1 Peter 4:7

In the above scripture, what Peter meant was that he lived his life as if the end was right around the corner. So, when Peter said that the end is “at hand” or “is near”; he was saying that he lived his life as if every day was THE day that Christ would return. ​How would you live your life differently if you believed that the end of all things was in sight? In our text, Peter assumes that you are at least to some degree living with this understanding. He does not try to convince you that the end is near; he assumes you already believe that. What Peter does, is tell you how you should be living based on a belief that the end of all things is at hand.

​If the end is right around the corner, how should our lives change to live accordingly?  We must have a serious and alert dependence upon God in prayer (verse 7). ​We need to be mentally alert. We need to stop going through life as if in a daydream giving no thought to the very short amount of time we have left on this earth. We must take this seriously and our minds need to be alert. This might be the very last day you have to live your life for Christ. If you knew that Christ was coming back tomorrow, could you go out and just live today as you did yesterday? Or would you be frantically trying to change your life to be ready? Live your life as if the end is right around the corner! Live ready as scripture says the Lord will come at an hour we do not expect!​

Further Reading: 1 Peter 4, 2 Peter 3:11-14, Matthew 24:36-44.

Prayer: God help me to live this day as though it is the day that the trumpet of God might sound.