SUDDEN SUDDENLY

by Tammy Phillips
October 4, 2021

“It shall be at an instant suddenly.” (Isaiah 29:5 KJV)

I cannot run from the word suddenly.  It is a word that is playing on the turntable in my mind, over and over. If you are younger, “suddenly” is my song that repeats on Spotify.

What comes suddenly?

• Conception
• Life
• Death
• An accident
• An attack
• Destruction
• A knock on the door
• A thief in the night

“For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night.” (1 Thessalonians 5:2 NKJV)

• A phone call
• An alarm
• A hurt
• A broken heart
• A rise or a fall
• Sin
• Offense
• Forgiveness
• Imprisonment
• Freedom
• Light
• Darkness
• An evil spirit
• The Holy Spirit
• An invitation
• A moment
• A change
• A twinkling of an eye

“In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.” (1 Corinthians 15:52 NKJV)

• A shout
• A trumpet sound
• A “catching up”
• Jesus

“For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. ¹⁷ Then we who are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus, we shall always be with the Lord.”(1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 NKJV)

Are you ready for your sudden suddenly?  Suddenly can be good.  Suddenly can be bad.  Life can and will change suddenly.  Look how much our world has suddenly changed.  The lives of families change every day by sudden births and sudden deaths.  Don’t sleep through life.  Wake up and live the life God meant for us to live.  It is not too late.

Jesus is coming. I don’t know when. I do not know if it is sooner or later.  However, I know He is coming suddenly. He has given us notice.  Are you ready?  Are you sure?

“WATCH therefore, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming–in the evening, at midnight, at the crowing of the rooster, or in the morning– 36 “LEST, COMING SUDDENLY, he finds you sleeping. 37 “And what I say to you, I say to all: WATCH!”” (Mark 13:35-37 NKJV)

 Do you know in Revelation, the last book in His will and testament,  Jesus says  five times, “I come quickly?” I hear Him saying, “I come SUDDENLY.”  It’s the same word.

I enCOURAGE you to WATCH, BE SOBER, BE ALERT and BE READY.  You can keep playing the game of life and doing what you want, but you might just miss the suddenly of Jesus.  I encourage you to SUDDENLY turn to Him. Repent.  Prepare for His sudden coming.   If my Mama told me five times in our last conversation that she was going to come quickly, I would get my house in order and prepare for her coming. I continue to work to get my spiritual and physical house in order.  I encourage you to do the same.  Get ready for our sudden suddenly of meeting Jesus face to face.