Friday of Week 34 – Dan 7:2-4; Dan 3:75-81; Luke 21:29-33
You get it. Deep down, you really do. It’s not that you can’t understand — it’s that you don’t want to. You shy away from conversion. You don’t want to start the journey. But you don’t even have the honesty to say outright: “I refuse.” Instead, you stay stuck, blind, unmoving.
Think about the fig tree — or any tree. When the buds appear, you instantly know summer’s near. In the same way, Jesus says, when you see certain signs unfolding, you should recognise: the Kingdom of God is close.
Earlier in the Gospel, He didn’t sugar-coat His words. He called them out:
“When you see clouds gathering in the west, you know rain’s coming — and it does. When the warm wind blows from the south, you say it’ll be hot — and you’re right. Hypocrites! You can read the signs in the sky and land, but why can’t you read the signs of this moment? Why don’t you work out for yourselves what’s right?”
You see — we can reason. We do it every day. And yet… sometimes we just don’t want to. Because if I pretend I don’t understand God’s call, then I can stay comfortable. No challenge. No change. My conscience stays quiet. Convenient, isn’t it? But Jesus slices right through that excuse with one sharp word: Hypocrites!
You do understand. You just don’t want to face it. You don’t want to take the first step. And so you stay exactly where you are — paralysed — while the time is slipping away.
Friends, the hour of God’s visitation is not endless. The signs are already here. The Kingdom is near — nearer than you think.
So, open your eyes. Don’t just see — recognise what you’re seeing. Don’t let the crucial moment pass you by. Don’t lose the only treasure worth keeping.
Open your eyes — today — because the Kingdom of God is right at the door.
You understand, you just do not want to understand. You refuse conversion, you refuse to set out on the way, but you do not even have the courage to say: I refuse. And you remain, blind, in the same place…