I couldn’t miss it in Mark 13!

“Take heed lest any man deceive you” (5).

“But take heed to yourselves” (9).

“But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you” (23).

“Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is” (33).

“Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh…Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.” (35, 36).

“And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch” (37).

Mark, beware what and whom you listen to!

Mark, be careful how you live!

Mark, pay attention to God!

Mark, live for Him!

That’s obvious enough — I’m typing this, after all!

So there’s no question there.

But is there a question here?

“He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living” (Mark 12:27).

I know the context of this verse has to do with whether or not there is life after death. But I’m applying it to life before death.

As in right now.

Is He God of the living?

In other words, is He my God (since I am living)?

Yes!

But what will that mean for me today?

I will live for Him today. Acting as He would have me act. Speaking as He would have me speak. Thinking as He would have me think. Being what He would have me be.