“So, stay at your post, watching. You have no idea when the homeowner is returning, whether evening, midnight, cockcrow, or morning. You don’t want him showing up unannounced, with you asleep on the job. I say it to you, and I’m saying it to all: Stay at your post. Keep watch.”” (Mark 13:35–37, The Message)
Christ speaking to the disciples about his return. What strikes me here is that we are to be doing our duty while we watch for Christ's return. No quitting our jobs and going out to the desert to wait; no dropping all responsibilities and preparing for Christ's return. We are to watch, yes; but we are to watch at our posts.
As a Marine, the way that The Message frames this appeals to me. Every Marine had 11 general orders the second of which was: To walk my post in a military manner, keeping always on the alert and observing everything that takes place within sight or hearing. So I understand what it means to stay at my post and watch. It means to do what God has called me to do; be a husband, be a father, be a grandfather, do my job to the best of my ability, serve in my church, but meanwhile I'm watching because Christ is going to return.
Maranatha! Come quickly, Lord, and heal this brokenness. You will find me at my post doing my duty.
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